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Armed Boarding Steamers of the British Navy.
History and photographs of the Armed Boarding Steamers of the Royal
Navy. These ships included : HMS Alouette, HMS Amsterdam, HMS
Anglia, HMS Caesarea, HMS Cambria, HMS Carron, HMS City of Belfast, HMS
Duchess of Devonshire, HMS Duke of Albany, HMS Duke of Clarence, HMS Duke
of Cornwall, HMS Dundee, HMS Fauvette, HMS Fiona, HMS Grangemouth, HMS
Grive, HMS Hazel, HMS Heroic, HMS King Orry, HMS Lama, HMS Louvain, HMS
Lunka, HMS Partridge, HMS Peel Castle, HMS Perth, HMS Prince Abbas, HMS
Richald Welford, HMS Rowan, HMS Royal Scot, HMS Sarnia, HMS Scotia, HMS
Snaefell, HMS Stephen Furness, HMS Suva, HMS Tara, HMS The Ramsey, HMS
Tihonus, HMS Vienna, HMS Woodnut and HMS York. |
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NAME |
LAUCHED / ACQUIRED |
FATE / NOTES |
| Alouette |
Seconded July 1915 |
Ex-fleet messenger from September 1914 |
| Amsterdam |
- |
- |
| Anglia |
Seconded August 1914 |
Became Hospital Ship April 1915, Mined 17th November 1915 |
| Caesarea |
- |
- |
| Cambria |
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Became Hospital Ship after August 1915 |
| Carron |
- |
- |
| City of Belfast |
- |
- |
| Duchess of Devonshire |
- |
Troopship from January 1919 |
| Duke of Albany |
Seconded October 1914 |
Torpedoed 25th August 1916 |
| Duke of Clarence |
- |
- |
| Duke of Cornwall |
- |
- |
| Dundee |
Seconded October 1915 |
Torpedoed 3rd September 1917 |
| Fauvette |
Seconded March 1915 |
ex-Store Carrier, mined 9th March 1916 |
| Fiona |
Seconded October 1914 |
Wrecked 6th September 1917 |
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The family of a crew member of HMS Fiona - who is 2nd
from right in the back row. © Walker Archives |
| Grangemouth |
- |
- |
| Grive |
August 1914 and February 1916 |
flotilla Supply Ship until august 1915, Seconded again
1916 and torpedoed 24th December 1917. |
| Hazel |
- |
- |
| Heroic |
- |
- |
| King Orry |
- |
- |
| Lama |
- |
- |
| Louvain |
Seconded October 1914 |
Torpedoed 20th January 1918 |
| Lunka |
- |
- |
| Partridge |
- |
- |
| Peel Castle |
- |
- |
| Perth |
- |
- |
| Prince Abbas |
Seconded June 1915 |
Served until May 1916, and sunk 9th July 1917 |
| Richard Welford |
- |
- |
| Rowan |
Seconded 14th November 1914 |
Commissioned until 7th July 1917.
Recommissioned 11th July 1918 to 10th April 1920. Later sunk in
collision, 8th October 1921. |
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Football team of HMS Rowan, 1917.
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PHX0722 |
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1st Polo Team of HMS Rowan, 1917.
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reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PHX0723 |
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Polo Team (2nd?) of HMS Rowan, 1917.
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PHX0724 |
| Royal Scot |
- |
- |
| Sarnia |
Seconded November 1914 |
Torpedoed 12th September 1918 |
| Scotia |
- |
- |
| Snaefell |
Seconded November 1914 |
Torpedoed 5th June 1918 |
| Stephen Furness |
Seconded December 1914 |
Served until March 1916. ex squadron supply
ship. torpedoed 13th December 1917 |
| Suva |
- |
- |
| Tara |
Seconded August 1914 |
torpedoed 5th November 1915 |
| The Ramsey |
Seconded October 1914 |
Sunk 8th August 1915 |
| Tithonus |
Seconded February 1916 |
Torpedoed 28th March 1918 |
| Vienna |
Seconded August 1914 |
Accommodation ship until December 1914. Q-Ship from
January 1915 to April 1915 |
| Woodnut |
- |
- |
| York |
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