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From: "Shirley Mitchell" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Photos
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:59:43 +0100
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Thank you Thomas for what is an invaluable list - I really do appreciate
this

Have had a look at the NMM site and am winging my way round it all!

Now have loads of info to beef up my Granda's tree

Once again many thanks

Shirley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Worboys" <>
To: "Shirley Mitchell" <>
Cc: "Mariners List" <>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Mar] Photos


> Hello Shirley,
>
> Info on Shore Bases and Establishments (static ships).
>
> HMS VICTORY II, Shorebase, Crystal Palace/Sydenham, training Depot for
Royal
> Navy Divisions.
>
> HMS GLORY (1899) , Auxilliary Patrol Depot ship, "Canopus" class
battleship.
> Commissioned as A/P Depot ship 1st August 1916, Port Murman, White Sea
1st.
> October 1916., 12th. October 1919 arrived Rosyth to Pay Off, 1st November
> 1919., refitted and re-commissioned as Depot ship Rosyth. 16th. March
1920,
> rename HMS CRESCENT, 1st. May 1920. sold December 1922.
>
> HMS DIDO (1896), Submarine Depot ship, "Eclipse" class cruiser, converted
to
> submarine Depot ship.,
> Converted to submarine depot ship 1912., 1914 Destroyer Depot ship.
> for your time period1914 - 1st March 1919 10th. Destroyer Flotilla Depot
> ship, Harwich (replaced by HECLA).
> 1919 - 1926 Reserve Destroyer Depot ship, Portsmouth. Care and Maintenance
> 22nd February 1926, sold 16th December 1926.
>
> HMS VICTORY III, Portsmouth, Accounting base.
>
>
> HMS DRYAD, Shorebase, Portsmouth. Navigation and Direction School.
>
> HMS ALRESFORD "Aberdare" class minesweeper as tender to HMS DRYAD.
>
> HMS BEE (1915), Head Quarters ship, Yangste. River Gunboat. January 1922 -
> August 1928 (at least).
>
> HMS GNAT (1915) "Insect" class River gunboat, attached to HMS BEE (same
> class).
>
> HMS GREENWICH (1915), Destroyer Depot Ship,
> For your time period, Base ship at Rosyth, Commissioned 16th. August
1927,
> arrived Rosyth 3rd September 1927 - 1st. June 1938.
> (Sold 11th. July 1946).
>
> HMS VERNON Shorebase /Training Establishment. Torpedo School, Portsmouth.
>
> HMS VICTORY, Naval Baracks, Portsmouth.
>
> No CLOVERHOUSE listed as shore/ship, possibly this :
> HMS CLAVERHOUSE. Leith/ Edinburgh, Reserve Drill ship/base. Commissioned
> 16th. December 1922, name chosen as compliment to Marquis of Graham, was
to
> have been St. ANDREW.
> Name selected for shore base at commercial Port of Leith 1st September
> 1939. By 22nd September 1939 in use as Base for Leith and Granton. By
April
> 1940 Reserve training ceased and was in use for Merchant Navy Defence
> Courses. Base Paid Off 15th August 1945.
>
> HMS LOCHINVAR. Port Edgar/ Granton. Detroyer/ Minesweeper Base.
> (for your period)
> Destroyer Depot, moved ashore from COLUMBINE September 1917., land
purchased
> (Port Edgar), October 1920. To Care and Nauntenance 1929 - 191930. Mine
> sweeper training base from Portland, Commissioned 21st. November 1939.,
> Operational Mine sweeper base January 1941. Moved to Granton and
> Commissioned
> 25th October 1943., returned Port Edgar 1st March 1946. October 1943 -
> March 1946 Port Edgar was renamed HOPETOUN.
>
> source info :
>
> Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy (Being a list of the Static Ships
and
> Establishments of the Royal Navy) by Lt. Cdr. Warlow, RN., (1992).,
Maritime
> Books, Lodge Hilll, Liskeard, Cornwall., ISBN 0 907771 52 1.
>
>
> All other ships on your list were active commissioned warships.
>
>
> For photographs of ships try National Maritime Museum on line Historic
> photo
> catalogue.:
>
> http://www.nmm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/empower?DB=histphotos
>
>
>
> hope this is of help
>
> regards
>
> Thomas Worboys
>
>
>
> > Hello listers
> >
> > I wondered if anyone may have any photos (or know where I could get any)
> of the following ships - my grandfather served in both WW's on the
following
> ships during the years following the name - also would anyone be able to
> tell me which were stone ships and which were floating (if that's the
right
> word) - these have all been taken from my grandfathers RN service records
> where he reached Chief Stoker Petty Officer (could SKS tell me what rating
> (?) that is and where it fits in with the rankings as my immediate
knowledge
> is with the Army not the Navy!) Next query - there are two ships listed
> below that have alternative names in brackets - what do these mean?
> >
> > VICTORY II - 1914
> > INDOMITABLE - 1914
> > GLORY - 1917
> > DIDO - 1919
> > BIRMINGHAM - 1919
> > VICTORY III - 1921
> > IRON DUKE - 1922
> > COMUS - 1923
> > CASTOR - 1925
> > DRYAD (Alresford) - 1926
> > BEE (Gnat) - 1927
> > CONCORD - 1928
> > GREENWICH - 1929
> > NELSON - 1932
> > VERNON - 1932
> > REVENGE - 1935
> > VICTORY - 1935
> >
> > he then retired to shore but was brought back to serve on the following:
> >
> > EFFINGHAM - 1939 - 1940
> > VICTORY - 1940 - 1941
> > CLOVERHOUSE - 1941
> > LOCHINVAR - 1945
> >
> > would like any info on all these ships if anyone could help - and
finally
> would anyone know where I could find out more about China Station during
the
> Boxer Rebellion? tried the PRO but I didn't understand anything there!
> >
> > Thank you very much
> >
> > Shirley
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