HMS Titania

Submitted by David on Fri, 09/27/2019 - 15:42

HMS Titania was a submarine depot ship, often seen in Hong Kong during 1919-1929, when she was part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The flotilla also included a second depot ship, HMS Ambrose, and 13 L-class submarines:  L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L15, L19, L20 and L33.

Wikipedia has a good page about HMS Titania. Here are some of the key dates mentioned there:

  • 1915: Titania is launched & commissioned.
  • 1919: Assigned to the 4th Submarine Flotilla.
  • 1920: Arrives in Hong Kong on 14 April 1920.
  • 1929: Leaves Hong Kong, arriving back in the UK in 1930.
  • 1949: Titania is broken up at Faslane.

 

1926 Submarines and HMS Titania
1926 Submarines and HMS Titania, by David

 

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Some logbooks from the early twenties of HMS' Titania and Ambrose can be viewed at

http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-LogBooksWW1.htm

There are also many other books of China Station ships betewwn 1914 and 1924 and one day I will complete a digest of these and some of the many other vessels in and out during this period, which I hope to submit for these pages.