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After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the {{UK-Icarus|f=t}} on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]], ''Shearwater'' ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902.  Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant [[Philip Sidney Ronayne Conron|Conron]].<ref>Conron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 512.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>
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After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the {{UK-1Icarus|f=t}} on the [[Pacific Station (Royal Navy)|Pacific Station]], ''Shearwater'' ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902.  Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant [[Philip Sidney Ronayne Conron|Conron]].<ref>Conron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 512.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>
  
 
She re-commissioned at Esquimalt on 25 November, 1910.{{NLAug12|p. 375}}
 
She re-commissioned at Esquimalt on 25 November, 1910.{{NLAug12|p. 375}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=24 October, 1901<ref>"Naval & military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 303}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Umfreville|nick=Charles H. Umfreville|appt=24 October, 1901<ref>"Naval & military intelligence" ''The Times'' (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 303}}|end=3 January, 1904|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of North Africa}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 354.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of North Africa}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adrian George Allgood|nick=Adrian G. Allgood|appt=1 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Adrian George Allgood|nick=Adrian G. Allgood|appt=1 August, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 375}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wispington Glover Crawford|nick=Charles W. G. Crawford|appt=31 December, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=c. 1 April, 1910{{INF}}|note=and Commander in Charge for Station Duties on West Coast of America}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wispington Glover Crawford|nick=Charles W. G. Crawford|appt=31 December, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=6 April, 1910|note=and Commander in Charge for Station Duties on West Coast of America}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 63.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Henry Walter|nick=Frederic H. Walter|appt=24 April, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 375}}|end=|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Henry Walter|nick=Frederic H. Walter|appt=24 April, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 375}}|end=20 June, 1914|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles William Trousdale|nick=Charles W. Trousdale|appt=20 June, 1914|end=August, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. V. Keyes|appt=6 August, 1914{{RCNLNov14|p. 25}}|end=April, 1915<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>{{INF}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Shearwater''|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adrian St. Vincent Keyes|nick=Adrian St. V. Keyes|appt=6 August, 1914{{RCNLNov14|p. 25}}|end=April, 1915<ref>Keyes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/75.|D7603782}} f. 280.</ref>{{INF}}|as=Captain of H.M.C.S. ''Shearwater''|note=temporary}}
 
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Revision as of 19:06, 14 November 2017

H.M.S. Shearwater (1900)
Builder: Sheerness DYd[1]
Laid down: 1899[2]
Launched: 10 Feb, 1900[3]
Completed: 1900[4]
Commissioned: 24 Oct, 1901[5]
Sold: May, 1922[6]
Fate: Mercantile
H.M.S. Shearwater was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.

In 1915, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and became the submarine depot ship H.M.C.S. Shearwater.

Service

After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the screw sloop Icarus on the Pacific Station, Shearwater ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902. Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant Conron.[7]

She re-commissioned at Esquimalt on 25 November, 1910.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 376.
  6. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
  7. Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
  8. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 375.
  9. "Naval & military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.
  10. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 303.
  11. Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  12. Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.
  15. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  16. Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
  17. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 375.
  18. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.

Bibliography


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