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HMS Titania
HMS Titania (pennant number F32) was a Royal Navy submarine depot ship. Most of those that saw service in the First World War were scrapped in the 1930s. Titania, however, saw service in the Second World War. She was scrapped at Faslane, Scotland, in September 1949.
Titania was built in Port Glasgow, Scotland, by the Clyde Shipbuilding Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) originally as a merchant ship ordered by Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company "Adria" as Károly Ferencz József. She was launched in March 1915 and commissioned by the Royal Navy as a submarine depot ship in November 1915.
When she was first commissioned, in November 1915, she was stationed at Blyth and under the command of Captain Stanley L. Willis. In December 1915, the Eleventh Flotilla became the first directly supporting the submarines of the Grand Fleet. The flotilla was formed at first from submarines D7 and D8 taken from the Eighth Flotilla and HMS Titania as their depot ship. During the period in which Titania was the depot ship of the 11th Submarine Flotilla, other ships shared the role at various times, including HMS Mastiff, HMS Talisman, HMS Trident, HMS Tartar and HMS Moon. Other submarines of the G and J classes joined the flotilla and the D-class submarines were removed.
On 3 June 1916, following the Battle of Jutland, HMS Titania instructed submarine G10 to locate and sink floating remains of the battlecruiser HMS Invincible which had been abandoned during the battle to prevent the capture of materials. No remains were found.
On 28 October 1918, Captain Frederick Avenel Sommerville was put in command of HMS Titania and made Commander (S) of the 11th Submarine Flotilla based at Blyth. The Eleventh Flotilla was disbanded in March 1919.
On 1 October 1919, HMS Titania and HMS Ambrose were the two ships commissioned at Chatham as depot ships for the 4th Submarine Flotilla,[unreliable source?] China. At that time, another depot ship was already in service at Hong Kong, HMS Rosario.[unreliable source?] Rosario had been converted to a depot ship in 1910 and was serving in Hong Kong as the depot ship for the Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla,[unreliable source?] which consisted of three C-class submarines, C36, C37 and C38. These three submarines were built by Vickers, Barrow, commissioned on 1 February 1910 and sailed with HMS Rosario[unreliable source?] to Hong Kong in February 1911. They were all sold in Hong Kong on 25 June 1919. HMS Rosario[unreliable source?] was sold for scrap in Hong Kong on 11 December 1921.
The submarines of the 4th Flotilla that accompanied HMS Titania and HMS Ambrose were all of the L class.
Seven submarines accompanied HMS Titania on the voyage to Hong Kong. Submarines mentioned in the Ship's Log are L2, L5, L6, L8, L19, L20 and L33. HMS L9 sank in Hong Kong harbour on 18 August 1923 during a typhoon. She was raised, refitted and put back into service. She was sold in Hong Kong on 30 June 1927, the first L-class boat to be sold.
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HMS Titania
HMS Titania (pennant number F32) was a Royal Navy submarine depot ship. Most of those that saw service in the First World War were scrapped in the 1930s. Titania, however, saw service in the Second World War. She was scrapped at Faslane, Scotland, in September 1949.
Titania was built in Port Glasgow, Scotland, by the Clyde Shipbuilding Co. (Port Glasgow, Scotland) originally as a merchant ship ordered by Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Company "Adria" as Károly Ferencz József. She was launched in March 1915 and commissioned by the Royal Navy as a submarine depot ship in November 1915.
When she was first commissioned, in November 1915, she was stationed at Blyth and under the command of Captain Stanley L. Willis. In December 1915, the Eleventh Flotilla became the first directly supporting the submarines of the Grand Fleet. The flotilla was formed at first from submarines D7 and D8 taken from the Eighth Flotilla and HMS Titania as their depot ship. During the period in which Titania was the depot ship of the 11th Submarine Flotilla, other ships shared the role at various times, including HMS Mastiff, HMS Talisman, HMS Trident, HMS Tartar and HMS Moon. Other submarines of the G and J classes joined the flotilla and the D-class submarines were removed.
On 3 June 1916, following the Battle of Jutland, HMS Titania instructed submarine G10 to locate and sink floating remains of the battlecruiser HMS Invincible which had been abandoned during the battle to prevent the capture of materials. No remains were found.
On 28 October 1918, Captain Frederick Avenel Sommerville was put in command of HMS Titania and made Commander (S) of the 11th Submarine Flotilla based at Blyth. The Eleventh Flotilla was disbanded in March 1919.
On 1 October 1919, HMS Titania and HMS Ambrose were the two ships commissioned at Chatham as depot ships for the 4th Submarine Flotilla,[unreliable source?] China. At that time, another depot ship was already in service at Hong Kong, HMS Rosario.[unreliable source?] Rosario had been converted to a depot ship in 1910 and was serving in Hong Kong as the depot ship for the Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla,[unreliable source?] which consisted of three C-class submarines, C36, C37 and C38. These three submarines were built by Vickers, Barrow, commissioned on 1 February 1910 and sailed with HMS Rosario[unreliable source?] to Hong Kong in February 1911. They were all sold in Hong Kong on 25 June 1919. HMS Rosario[unreliable source?] was sold for scrap in Hong Kong on 11 December 1921.
The submarines of the 4th Flotilla that accompanied HMS Titania and HMS Ambrose were all of the L class.
Seven submarines accompanied HMS Titania on the voyage to Hong Kong. Submarines mentioned in the Ship's Log are L2, L5, L6, L8, L19, L20 and L33. HMS L9 sank in Hong Kong harbour on 18 August 1923 during a typhoon. She was raised, refitted and put back into service. She was sold in Hong Kong on 30 June 1927, the first L-class boat to be sold.