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* {{CaptRN}} [[George Augustus Giffard]], May 1892.{{MackieRNW}}
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* {{CaptRN}} [[George Augustus Giffard]], May 1892.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Frederick Samuel Inglefield]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Frederick Samuel Inglefield]], January 1896.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]], March 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Robert Archibald James Montgomerie]], March 1898.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|Charles J. Graves-Sawle]], May 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Charles John Graves-Sawle, Fourth Baronet|Charles J. Graves-Sawle]], May 1900.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[James Edward Clifford Goodrich]], October 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[James Edward Clifford Goodrich]], October 1903.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Henry Holland Torlesse]], May 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Henry Holland Torlesse]], May 1905.{{MackieRNW}}
* Captain [[Frank Brandt]], April 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
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* Captain [[Frank Brandt]], April 1907.{{MackieRNW}}
* {{CommRN}} [[Stanley Lyte Willis]], 15 October, 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 287.</ref> and in command of {{UK-SF|5}} and {{UK-SF|6}}.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Stanley Lyte Willis]], 15 October, 1912,<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 287.</ref> and in command of {{UK-SF|5}} and {{UK-SF|6}}.
* {{CommRN}} [[Noel Frank Laurence|Noel F. Laurence]], D.S.O., October, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 744}}
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*   {{CommRN}} [[Noel Frank Laurence|Noel F. Laurence]], D.S.O., October, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 744}}
* Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser]], ?.{{FC}}
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* Captain [[Robert Grant Fraser]], ?.{{FC}}
 
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Revision as of 20:52, 28 April 2014

H.M.S. Bonaventure (1892)
Pendant Number: N.41 (1914)
N.11 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[2]
Ordered: Naval Defence Act of 1889[3]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1892[4]
Commissioned: 5 Jul, 1894[5]
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Bonaventure was completed in 1894 as one of eight Astræa class cruisers, but served as a submarine depot ship in the Great War.

Service

Bonaventure was refitted as a depôt ship by April, 1907.

In mid-1913, she was in Harwich supporting the Sixth Submarine Flotilla and Seventh Submarine Flotilla.[7]

She paid off 17 October, 1919[8] and was sold on 12 April, 1920, to the Forth Ship Breaking Company, Bo'ness.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 77.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 286.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 735.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 293..
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 287.
  18. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 744.

Bibliography

  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.


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