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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfred Henderson|nick=Wilfred Henderson|appt=1 April, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 728}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfred Henderson|nick=Wilfred Henderson|appt=1 April, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 728}}}} | ||
Revision as of 14:09, 19 May 2014
| H.M.S. Assistance (1900) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 8C (1914) C2 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Raylton Dixon[2] |
| Launched: | 23 Dec, 1900[3] |
| Commissioned: | 28 Nov, 1906.[4] |
| Handed over: | 11 Mar, 1937[5] |
H.M.S. Assistance was a civilian ship purchased on the stocks on 19 September, 1900 for use as a fleet repair ship.
Service
She commissioned at Gibraltar on 28 November, 1906.[6]
Assistance served with the Grand Fleet at Scapa and Cromarty throughout the war.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Harry M. K. Betty, 15 January, 1913[8]
- Captain Wilfred Henderson, 1 April, 1919[9]
- Captain Ronald E. Chilcott, 10 January, 1921[10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List (September, 1919), p. 733.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List (September, 1919), p. 733.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 734.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 728.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
