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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given.
Dates of appointment given.
 
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*Captain [[Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty|Harry M. K. Betty]], 15 January, 1913.{{NLFeb19|p. 734}}
*Captain [[Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty|Harry M. K. Betty]], 15 January, 1913.{{NLFeb19|p. 734}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Wilfred Henderson]], 1 April, 1919.{{NLDec19|p. 728}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Wilfred Henderson]], 1 April, 1919.{{NLDec19|p. 728}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Ronald Evered Chilcott|Ronald E. Chilcott]], 10 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 728}}
*{{CaptRN}} [[Ronald Evered Chilcott|Ronald E. Chilcott]], 10 January, 1921.{{NLJan21|p. 728}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 22:08, 7 May 2014

H.M.S. Assistance (1900)
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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  4. The Navy List (September, 1919), p. 733.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. The Navy List (September, 1919), p. 733.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 734.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 728.
  10. 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).