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From: "ross dawson" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Royal Navy ships 1896-1915. Too many for title!
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:17:17 +1300
References: <E15zazt-0006Tc-00@wing4.herald.ox.ac.uk>


Hi Adrian,
Further to Paul Benyon's email, I have the following information from
"British Warship Names"....
EREBUS, 3rd of name, a floating battery of 1856, or possibly,...4th of name,
ex Invincible, an ironclad of 1869, renamed c 1905, renamed 1906 Fisgard II
a training establishment.
MERCURY, cruiser, 11th of name, renamed COLUMBINE in 1914...a depot ship at
Rosyth in 1914.
SIRIUS, 5th of name, a cruiser of 1890, sunk as a blockship at Ostend in
1918.
All the above suggest obsolete vessels being used for purposes other than
the original roles....depot, training, accomodation, etc.?
Incidentally, you will find detail on the sinking of E22 on a Google search,
being torpedoed by UB18 off Yarmouth.
Best of luck,
Ross Dawson, Auckland, New Zealand
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From: Adrian Gray <>
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: [Mar] Royal Navy ships 1896-1915. Too many for title!


> I have recently obtained a copy of the Royal Navy service record of a
relation killed during WW1, and it gives a long list of ships he served on.
I would be very interested in finding out more about at least some of them.
Can anyone help? (a silly question - after my previous questions I have no
doubt I will be swamped with replies!) I am confused by a number of things -
for example, why are there so many Victory IIs with different numbers?
>
> The ships (listed under "Ships &c., served in" - does "&c.," explain the
roman numerals after some of them?) and approximate dates are:
> Victory II No 9031 (from "List & No" column) 1895-6
> Royal Sovereign No 8 1896
> Victory II No 511 1896
> Victory I No 456 1896
> Victory II No 511 again 1896
> Sharpshooter No 322 1896-98
> Victory II No 511 (again) 1898
> Terrible No 124(?) 1899-1902
> " No 325 1902-1903
> Duke of Wellington No 8941 1903-1904
> Warrior No 173 No 1904 1903
> Erebus No 58 Two seperate periods of one week! 1904
> Frequent II No 182 1904 - 1905
> Erebus 1905
> Sapphire II No 183 1905-1906
> Victory No 10 1906
> Sapphire II No 183 1906
> Mercury 23 1906
> Thames 10, 82 1906 - 1911
> Pembroke II 3258 1911 - 1912
> Sirius 20 1912 - 1913
> Pembroke II 438 1913-1914
> Tyne 8 1914
> Bonaventure 73 1914
> Thames (C2) 4 5 August 1914 - 4 March 1916
> Maidstone 776 5 March 1916 - 25 April 1916
>
> As he was killed when HMS E22 was sunk on April 25 1916, I think that the
reference to C2 after HMS Thames is to the submarine of that name - was the
Thames a submarine tender like the Maidstone?
>
> Looking forward to hearing from anyone who can help (but with some
trepidation - I have great difficulty coping with the volume of traffic!)
>
> Adrian
>
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