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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 354.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of North Africa}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allen Thomas Hunt|nick=Allen T. Hunt|appt=3 January, 1904<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 354.</ref>|end=1 August, 1906<ref>Hunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 354.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of North Africa}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wispington Glover Crawford|nick=Charles W. G. Crawford|appt=31 December, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end= | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Wispington Glover Crawford|nick=Charles W. G. Crawford|appt=31 December, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 375}}|end=6 April, 1910|note=and Commander in Charge for Station Duties on West Coast of America}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald William Vivian|nick=Gerald W. Vivian|appt=1 April, 1910<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|end=24 April, 1912<ref>Vivian Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 63.</ref>|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Henry Walter|nick=Frederic H. Walter|appt=24 April, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 375}}|end=|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Henry Walter|nick=Frederic H. Walter|appt=24 April, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 375}}|end=|note=and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America}} | ||
Revision as of 12:39, 10 August 2017
| H.M.S. Shearwater (1900) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Sheerness DYd[1] |
| Laid down: | 1899[2] |
| Launched: | 10 Feb, 1900[3] |
| Completed: | 1900[4] |
| Commissioned: | 24 Oct, 1901[5] |
| Sold: | May, 1922[6] |
| Fate: | Mercantile |
H.M.S. Shearwater was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
In 1915, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and became the submarine depot ship H.M.C.S. Shearwater.
Service
After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the destroyer Icarus on the Pacific Station, Shearwater ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902. Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant Conron.[7]
She re-commissioned at Esquimalt on 25 November, 1910.[8]
Captains
- Commander Charles H. Umfreville, 24 October, 1901[9][10]
- Captain Allen T. Hunt, 3 January, 1904[11] – 1 August, 1906[12] (and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of North Africa)
- Commander Adrian G. Allgood, 1 August, 1906[13]
- Commander Charles W. G. Crawford, 31 December, 1907[14] – 6 April, 1910 (and Commander in Charge for Station Duties on West Coast of America)
- Commander Gerald W. Vivian, 1 April, 1910[15] – 24 April, 1912[16] (and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America)
- Commander Frederic H. Walter, 24 April, 1912[17] (and as Command in Charge for Station Duties on the West Coast of America)
- Lieutenant in Command Adrian St. V. Keyes, 6 August, 1914Template:RCNLNov14 – April, 1915[18][Inference] (temporary)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 376.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 279.
- ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 375.
- ↑ "Naval & military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 25 October 1901. (36595), p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 303.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
- ↑ Hunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 354.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 375.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 375.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ Vivian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 375.
- ↑ Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/75. f. 280.
Bibliography
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