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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Lychnis''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Lychnis''''' was one of twelve [[Aubrietia Class Sloop (1916)|''Aubrietia'' Class convoy sloops]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
In 1921, she was transferred to the [[Royal Indian Marine]], then becoming H.M.I.S. ''Cornwallis''. | |||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
On 17 June, 1918 while operating between Sardinia and Sicily under the command of Lieutenant-Commander [[Cyril John Laugham Noakes]], ''Lychnis'' forced {{DE-U64}} to the surface by depth charging her. The submarine was destroyed by gunfire. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 19:28, 8 December 2016
| H.M.S. Lychnis (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | T.56 (Jan, 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hamilton[2] |
| Ordered: | Dec, 1916[3] |
| Launched: | 21 Aug, 1917[4] |
| Sold: | 1946[5] |
H.M.S. Lychnis was one of twelve Aubrietia Class convoy sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
In 1921, she was transferred to the Royal Indian Marine, then becoming H.M.I.S. Cornwallis.
Service
On 17 June, 1918 while operating between Sardinia and Sicily under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Cyril John Laugham Noakes, Lychnis forced U 64 to the surface by depth charging her. The submarine was destroyed by gunfire.
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. L. Noakes, October, 1917 – 1 October, 1918
- Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Alexander S. Mackay, 4 October, 1918[6]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 837.
Bibliography
| Aubrietia Class Convoy Sloop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aubrietia | Heather | Salvia | Tamarisk | Tulip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viola | Andromeda | Gaillardia | Hibiscus | Lychnis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montbretia | Polyanthus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
