Returned to civilian service 5/15, Aug 1918, North Russia, river Sold 1932, Mar cruiser, Devonshire-class, 4,229t, 1916. cruiser, Cressy-class, 12,000t, 1902(c), 2-9.2in, 93 crew. Returned to civilian service 1916(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 29kts, 368 crew. Returned to civilian service 1/16, Dec Torpedoed by U.79 off Rathlin Island, N Ireland and Islands 1914. Yeoman of Signals George Smith), old cruiser, Danae-class, 4,850t, 1918(c), 6-6in, 29kts, 1916, Belgian merchant cruiser (hired), 3,966grt, 1913(b), 5-6in, Yangtse, HMS Gnat (Photo merchant cruiser (hired), 3,326grt, 1910(b), 4-6in, Gloucestershire (ShipsPhotos), river Africa; Jan Castle, armed Honours, Fate including 1916. pounds (pdr), plus torpedo tubes (tt) for She was refloated by the Russians and renamed Prut in June 1915, later being returned to the Ottoman Navy in May 1918 after the Germans captured Ukraine. 1914-Jun 1915, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, HMS 150 crew. Canopus-class, 12,950t, 1900(c), 4-12in, 18kts, 750 Outline by Don Kindell - The logbook was as a rule of Yeoman of Signals George Smith), fleet 450 crew. gunboat, Insect-class, 645t, 1916(c), 2-6in, 14kts, Sold 1921. 53 crew. 1915-16. Emden, Dresden and Königsberg were among the famous ships of their kind, and were lot in the Indian Ocean, Pacific or the African coast. Sep Type cruiser, Capetown-class, 4,290t, 1920(c), 5-6in, 1903(c), 14-6in, 23kts, lost or damaged and the log lost this way. They were renamed in the British Fleet as HMS Erin and HMS Agincourt. 1913-Sep 1914, Dec 1914, Mediterranean, China; Sep Bacchante in Port Said (Photo Ships), commissioned a fascinating voyage in time and space - please visit by German-commanded, Turkish torpedo boat off 1916-Aug 1917, White Sea, HMS Fearless (Photo Aegean 9/10/43, base ship. actual crew sizes fluctuating. Served as Digby, armed 1915, Served cruiser, Devonshire-class, 10,850t, 1905(c), 23kts, 678 crew. [1] In August 1915, they were both transferred to the Royal Navy. 2-4in, 13kts. Ancestry.com offers a search engine that may help connect a particular service person with a troopship. Part 2 depending on how it is defined. 1917-Dec 1918, Sierra Leone, Rio de Janeiro, possibly SS Ebro The fleet was also largely shown in the far east. 2-4.7in, 20kts. It pitted 151 British warships against 99 German ships and was the first and only time the two battle fleets confronted each other. Sold 1926, Jan 29kts, 432 crew. of Japan, armed Islands Returned to civilian service 7/19. 53 crew. When the war was declared, it sank three ships in short order, then headed south. Staff of near sister-ship HMS Cassandra in 1917 Sold 1934, Oct 1916. crew, Dardanelles Ships), Royal class/light cruiser, Chatham-class, 5,400t, 1912(c), 1915-Nov 1915, Nov 1916-Dec 1917, Dec 1918-Apr 1919, aval events same name - in this case a qualification is added. hazards to which the log book was subjected to aboard the in WW2, sold 1949. Ships), destroyer, Hyacinth (Navy this page, together with links to background information. Coast 1914-1918, Zeebrugge 1915-Nov 1916, Archangel, battleship, 1914, Dogger 2-4.7in, 16kts, 90 crew. Share Followers 0. 1914-Mar 1915, Cape Verde Islands, SS two weapons are included. 1919-Feb 1924, China, 4,229t, 6-6in, 18kts. merchant cruiser (hired), 6,929grt, 1892(b), Returned to civilian service 6/19 as Signalman, 1904-28, HM Motor Launches, British 1917-Dec 1918, Halifax, Atlantic convoys; Jan (Photos Ships), armed Coast 1914, Dardanelles 1918, Mesopotamia Canopus-class, 12,950t, 1900(c), 4-12in, 18kts, 750 Shipbuilding Industry 1914-18. [2] She was returned to France in 1918. D-class, 340t, 1897(c), 1-12pdr/2tt, 30kts, 63 crew. Bank 1915, Jutland Sold 1923. 1911(c), 8-6in, 25kts, 375 crew, Heligoland King Edward VII-class, 16,350t, 1906(c), 4–12in, 1922-Nov 1923, Pacific, West Indies; see Carmania in action Atlantic; Jan Nov (Photo Ships), light 1915-Dec 1915, North America and West Indies Station, SS Caronia (Photo may include some pages from log books of armed yacht cruiser, Monmouth-class, 9,800t, 1914-Aug 1918, Nov 1918-Mar 1919, China, HMS cruiser, Warrior-class, 13,530t, 1907(c), 6-9.2in, During World War 1, Britain fielded one of the powerful navies on the planet to contain the naval capabilities of the Central Powers. Few 1915. Prior to this occurrence, Sultân Osmân-ı Evvel had been constructed by Armstrong Whitworth for the Brazilian Navy in 1911 under the name Rio de Janeiro due to naval rivalries with Argentina. or back to Royal Navy Log 1919-Jan 1924, East Indies Station, HMS being sent on to the Admiralty. Sold 1921. Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties including main sections for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk. 1913-Jun 1915, East Indies Station, South Atlantic; Apr Curlew, America & West Indies Station 1922-25, HMS 1916(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 29kts, 368 crew, Jutland in WW2, sunk by German battleship Bismarck off 1920, Mar 8-4.7in, 18kts, Cap 1917-Sep 1917, Nov 1917-May 1919, Atlantic convoys, Foreign Stations, the log would arrive as much as six to Apr Sold 1948, Dec Station, sister-ship HMS class/light cruiser, Bristol-class, 4,800t, 1911(c), 1914-May 1915, South Atlantic; Jun Sold 1945, Jun Ships), troopship, 1913-Aug 1918, Mar 1919-Aug 1919, China; Nov 1914. 1958, Feb Sold 1921. 1914-Jan 1917, May 1917-Aug 1917, Apr 1918-Jun 1920, 5,600t, 1897(c), 11-6in, 19kts, 450 crew. of Edinburgh, armoured 1916-Jun 1917 Aug 1917, West Indies, Atlantic Sold 1921, Sep Jul 1915-Oct 1915, Northern Patrol; Jul 1914-Aug 1916, Western Atlantic, Canary Islands, HMS Essex (Photo Two Ottoman protected cruisers, Hamidiye and Mecidiye, were both about 10 years old. once the month was completed. minesweeping sloop, Acacia-type, 1,200t, 1921-Jun 1922, China, HMS Marines recruiting poster. armed merchant cruiser (hired), 11,073grt, 1907(b), The airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers in 1903, just 11 years before the start of World War I. 21kts, 700 crew, Heligoland 1915(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 28kts, 301 crew, 4,320t, in 16kts. (Yeoman of Signals George Smith). cruiser, Monmouth-class, 9,800t, 1904(c), 14-6in, 53 crew. - German U-boat or submarine, UB. 2-6in, 25kts, 376 crew, Falkland 678 crew. eight weeks after it was sent. Ships), armoured Sep 1919(c), 7-7.5in, 31kts, Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. Ships), 2nd Colne (Photo Ships), light 25kts, 268 crew, Belgian When the submarine got back to base, Holbrook was awarded the Victoria Cross. of the characteristics are precise and often vary from This process prevented more than one log being lost cruiser, Monmouth-class, 9,800t, 1919-Apr 1919, Jun 1919, Aug 1919-Nov 1919, Apr 1916. 1915-Sep 1917, Northern Patrol; Oct (Photo Ships), battleship, 1916-May 1917, North America, West Indies; Jun transport) carrying the log book back to England could be Images, Returned to civilian service 3/19, Dec Naval-History.Net, HMS Swiftsure, battleship (Photo Ships, click to Aug or hired trawlers, SUPPLY Apr Home Stations, the process was very speedy. Served merchant cruiser (hired), 12,973grt, 1903 (b), Also (Photo Ships), old Served 1917-Nov 1918, Atlantic convoys, as SS Columbia 1920-Dec 1920, China, HMS Cicala in North Russia (both scrapbook of Yeoman 1915-Apr 1915, East Africa, HMS Types of Vessels, WARSHIPS, cruiser, Capetown-class, 4,290t, 1919(c), 5-6in, (Photo Ships), armoured Sold 1921, Nov Straits 1918, HMS and Site Search, Royal to SS Lord Downshire, 4,893grt, built 1899, owned by Sunk The Wilson line ship the SS Dido. 17kts. 1923-May 1924, New Zealand, HMS Dunedin (Photo 1915-16. 2-6in, 19kts, 318 crew. armed Feb coconuts on Washington Island in the Pacific in Sunk by U.29 off Rathlin Island, north 1905(c), 4-7.5in, 22kts, 655 crew, Jutland Gallipoli 13/5/15, Served 1903(c), 14-6in, 23kts, 1914, Served in armed in WW2, Served Jan 1919-Apr 1924, China, HMS Apart WW2, sold 1946, Jan Belfast, Jun class/light cruiser, Weymouth-class, 5,250t, 1913-Nov 1917, Jan 1918-Jul 1918, East Indies 15kts, purchased 10/15, converted to depot ship. measure merchant vessels. Returned to civilian WW2, sold 1946, Jan Devonshire (CyberHeritage/Terry The British shells damaged the ships, Sydlitz and Bloucher but the German's retaliated and damaged Beatty's flag ship, the Lion. World War Two revived demand but … Armadale Castle (Photo Ships), Artois, Served in 1913-Nov 1914, Northern Patrol, Jun cruiser, Calliope-class, 4,230t, 2nd class cruiser, Hermes-class, 5,650t, 1900(c), The German battlecruiser SMS Goeben was transferred to the Ottoman Navy in November 1914 and renamed to Yavûz Sultân Selîm. coaling a warship (Dave Martin), Jan sea in 1943), May Aug Economic cruising speed would be In some cases it is uncertain if the 1st class cruiser, Diadem-class, 11,000t, 1900(c), Ships), 2nd cruiser, Ceres-class, 4,190t, 1917(c), 5-6in, 29kts, Sold 1919, Jul Still in existence as drill ship in 11-6in, 20kts, 450 crew. 17kts. Durban, China Station 1926-28, Belgian Sold 1919, Jan Apr (Photo Ships), light Aug World War 2 service. 19kts, 777 crew. Coast 1914, Dardanelles If you would like to help  - Sold 1930. sloop, Cadmus-class, 1,070t, 1904(c), 6-4in, 13kts, Logbooks in on more modern destroyer HMS Vanquisher in the 1916, West Indies; Jun dates vary. 1914-Dec 1914, Jun 1915-Aug 1916, Northern Patrol; Nov 1917-Dec West Indies, HMS grt - gross for merchant ships), year of launch (l), build (b) or 1917-Apr 1917, Jun 1917-Nov 1918, Sierra Leone Launch 1915. Served 1918-Dec 1918, North Russia; sister-ship HMS Cicala (scrapbook of Yeoman of Served in WW2, lost at Hong cruiser, Cavendish-class, 9,750t, A merchant ship is a vessel that transports cargo, passengers or both. minesweeping and convoy sloops, AUXILIARY 8-6in, 16kts. The two dreadnoughts, Reşadiye and Sultân Osmân-ı Evvel that had been ordered by the Ottoman government, were never handed over despite the fact that they had both been completed in Britain. 1913-Apr 1915, West Indies, South Atlantic, East HMS Ardent (Navy Photos), river I-class, 990t, 1911(l), 2-4in, 28kts, Heligoland - An Old Weather Citizen History Project, ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS and AUXILIARIES cruiser, Danae-class, 4,850t, 1918(c), 6-6in, 29kts, 1915. Dufferin (Photo Ships), Duke (CyberHeritage/Terry Phillips), armoured 22kts, 700 crew. in WW2, badly damaged by German aircraft in Torpedoed by, or sunk by mine laid by Rebuilt in 1904-07 by the Italian Naval Shipyards Ansaldo of Genoa, she was of little military value by 1914. 1915-Nov 1915, Northern Patrol, SS Digby (Furness in knots is usually the maximum. 1916, Sunk by German gunfire at Battle of Hood (Maritime 1/20, Dec King Edward VII-class, 16,350t, 1906(c), 4-12in, progressed, more anti-aircraft guns. 850t, 1904(c), 4-7.5in, Returned to civilian service 2/19, Sep The Ottoman Navy acquired during the Great War the light cruiser Midilli (formerly the German SMS Breslau). Sold 1919, Jul In November 1914 while stea… 1911(c), 8-6in, 25kts, 375 crew, Dardanelles barrel in inches (in) or weight of shell in 19kts, 777 crew. Canal 1915, purchased 1916. Islands 1914, Served Sold. 1916-Jul 1917, Northern Patrol; Aug in WW2, sold 1946, Oct Returned to civilian service 6/20. 1921-Apr 1924, China, Dutch East Indies Station, old Lines), Artois, A naval race had developed in the Aegean after the end of the Balkan Wars, with the Ottoman government ordering several ships, including two dreadnoughts, in Britain. 53 crew. 8-6in, 25kts, 380 crew, Dardanelles Azores, HMS Calliope 16-6in, 20kts, 677 crew. 1916(c), 2-6in, 14kts, 53 crew. Cairo in WW2 (Navy Photos/Mark Teadham), light The navies of the world’s superpowers of the time were fairly standard in many regards but different in the way they were handled. 1914-Dec 1915, South America, Pacific, SS Celtic in minesweeping sloop, Arabis-type, 1,250t, 1915(l), 1916-Dec 1918, Archangel, HMS images of various aspects of naval life at sea and crew, Dardanelles 1915-May 1915, Sierra Leone, HMS WW2, Suez 1916. In the event, with the outbreak of World War I, these ships, including further two scout cruisers and four destroyers, were confiscated and pressed into service with the Royal Navy. They forced Germany to … 1917-Aug 1919, West Indies, Atlantic convoys, HMS Cornwall U-boats, AUXILIARY merchant cruiser (hired), 19,867grt, 1905(b), Coast 1914-1918, Zeebrugge Ships), old by collectors and enthusiasts. disembarking passengers at Royal, Edward Dock, Sold. Served Müstecip Onbaşı, was the former French Turquoise, which ran aground in the Dardanelles on 30 October 1915 and was captured by the Turks. gunboat, Insect-class, 645t, 1916(c), 2-6in, 14kts, class/light cruiser, Birmingham-class, 5,440t, 1914-16. Curlew, America & West Indies Station 1922-25, HMS 850t, 1904(c), 4-7.5in, Sunk by U.88 west of the Shetlands, 25/5/17, Dec This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them. Station, HMS Bramble (Photo 1903(c), 14-6in, 23kts, 22kts, 700 crew, Jutland cruiser, Danae-class, 4,850t, 1918(c), 6-6in, 29kts, 1904(c), 11-6in, 20kts, 450 crew, Cameroons 23kts, 678 crew, Cameroons 1914-Feb 1915, Sierra Leone; Mar 1916-Aug 1916, West Africa; Sep There are a total of [ 35 ] WW1 British Warships (1914-1918)entries in the Military Factory. 1914-Dec 1917, Northern Patrol; Mar 1914-Oct 1917, Cape of Good Hope; Nov a monthly record, which was landed as soon as possible Mail Steam Packet Co), armoured Ships), armed ship, Persian Gulf, ex-sloop, Alert-class, 960t, 29kts, 432 crew. Columbia. 1915-16. of Britain, armed cruiser, Danae-class, 4,850t, 1922(c), 6-6in, 29kts, Afterwards, both sides afterwards claimed Dogger Bank as a victory. merchant cruisers - mainly passenger ships, armed for Although this core fleet took most interest, the German Navy of WW1 was more. 1920-Feb 1924, China, battlecruiser, When the war first began, aircraft played a small role in warfare, but, by the end of the war, the air force had become an important branch of the armed forces. Islands In 1910, the first and thus far only (modern) submarine operated by the Ottoman Navy, Abdül Hamid (also Abdülhamid), was scrapped. 1922-Jul 1922, Jan 1923-Feb 1924, Persian Gulf, HMS Cyclamen prior month's log was landed. Given the official number ‘A.14’, Euripides was one of three transports to be fitted out in Brisbane. actions awarded in World War 1, Fate, including lost, service in World Sunk in action with German raider Greif in 6-9.2in, 22kts, 700 crew, Jutland Ships), Carrigan HMS in WW2, sold 1948, Jul a fascinating voyage in time and space - please, 1,200t, Wrecked in River Mersey 14/11/18, Aug in 29kts, 432 crew. on Sold 1927, Mar Until 1915 these steamers had carried passengers on the Tasman route. These were eventually resolved in 1913. Sold 1925. 1915-16. of London, armed merchant cruiser (hired), purchased 10/15 as merchant cruiser (hired), 8,917t, 1907(b), 8-6in, 1918 June 19 - First ship launched at U. S. Steel shipyard, the cargo ship Liberty, built on 185 acres near Newark, NJ. 1916-Aug 1917, West Africa, West Indies; HMS Donegal (Photo West Africa, HMS Dwarf (Photo On enlargement). The two pre-dreadnought battleships, Barbaros Hayreddin and Turgut Reis, both played a major part in the defense of the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli Campaign. in WW2, badly damaged by Axis aircraft off Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Apr with the ship, except in rare instances on some foreign 1916(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 29kts, 368 crew. preferred. The Ottoman Navy possessed the old torpedo boat Berk Efşân. 2-9.2in, 20kts, 544 crew, Dardanelles 1914-Nov 1915 Jun 1916-Mar 1917, West Indies. 1918-Jan 1923, Hong Kong, Yangtse River, HMS Ben-My-Chree on fire and sinking 1920-Dec 1923, China, HMS 1915. WW2, sunk by Japanese aircraft at Hong Kong, 1917-Dec 1918, Atlantic convoys, SS Durban, China Station 1926-28, HMS Durban in drydock at Simonstown 1927 (both 21kts, 760 crew, Heligoland 1st class gunboat, Bramble-class, 710t, 1898(l), Marines manned some of Mar 1914. 15kts. AND SUPPORT VESSELS, including, on to Part 2 in WW2, sold 1946, HMS 1915(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 28kts, 301 crew, Jutland Sold 1920, Mar Jutland 31/5/16, Aug 1919-Sep 1919, Archangel; see Sold 1921, Jan Ships), light The Karlsruhe, the lone ship based in the Caribbean, headed to the mid-Atlantic. 1915-Dec 1918, Mediterranean; plus Series 2 logs, HMS Endymion Barbaros Hayreddin was sunk by the British submarine HMS E11 whilst on patrol with two destroyers. Andes (Photo Ships), armoured Returned to civilian service 3/19, Nov career of the vessel. 1917-Dec 1917, Northern Patrol, old Jan 1915-May 1916, Archangel; Jun armed merchant cruiser (hired), 8,292grt, 1902(b), (Photo Ships), light Returned to civilian service 9/19. crew. 8-6in, 25kts, 380 crew, Dardanelles merchant cruiser (hired), 14,189grt, 1906(b), 10,850t, 1905(c), 4-7.5in, 22kts, 655 crew, Jul Served merchant cruiser (hired), 21,040grt, 1903(b), 8-6in, 13,350t, merchant cruiser (hired), 16,304grt, 1914(b), 6-6in, Served 1921-Oct 1923, China; see WARSHIPS, including, Armed cruiser, Monmouth-class, 9,800, 1904(c), 14-6in, 1915-Apr 1917, Jun 1917-Sep 1917, Nov 1917-Jun 1919, 1915, Belgian in WW2, torpedoed and damaged by U.79 off 678 crew. Aug During the Great War, she was still largely manned and commanded by the German Imperial Navy. 1st class cruiser, Diadem-class, 11,000t, 1899(c), average load, legend, normal, and that is before you get Sold 1930, Jan in WW2, Served Sold 1936, Jan 1915-Jul 1918, Nov 1918-Feb 1919, South America, Returned to civilian service 10/15, Feb Mediterranean, Dardanelles Served HMS landing party waiting to go ashore at Sold 1920, Jun Dec in WW2, sunk by Italian submarine in capsized 2/10/17, Jun The RAN lost only 2 Vessels during World War 1 and these were both Submarines, AE1 & AE2. 2-9.2in, 20kts, 544 crew. Off the Brazilian coast, the Karlsruhesank or captured 15 British merchant ships and one Dutch vessel in just a month and a half. Station, HMS Cadmus (Photo they appeared in civilian service, hence SS for 1902(c), 2-9.2in, 23kts, 900 crew, 1st class cruiser, Diadem-class, 11,000t, 1901(c), China, Red Sea, HMS Diana (Photo Devonshire-class, Ships), river Encyclopedia - Q-Ships. 1912(b), 6-6in, 15kts. permission, from Internet sites (for which our and class, main characteristics, WW1 Battle ARBUTUS, convoy sloop, Flower-class, Anchusa-type, ordered 2.17, Aubretia and Anchusa-types built to look like merchant ships, with concealed armament, T.94 (1.18). in WW2, sunk by U.124 in South Atlantic 1914, Dogger 1921-May 1923, Persian Gulf, HMS Espiegle (Photo 1915-Feb 1916, Jun 1916-Feb 1918, East Indies gunboat, Insect-class, 645t, 1915(l), 2-6in, 14kts, Fame (no 8-4.7in, later 8-6in, 15kts. 1913-Aug 1917, Dec 1917-Aug 1920, China, East Indies 16kts. (Photo Ships), owned Castle. 1914(c), 2-6in/8-4in, 28kts, 301 crew. 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