RN Depot, Repair and Support Ships:

[oldsalt]

I was in HMS Tyne twice, first time on passage from Malta to Singapore, second time when she was Defiance in Devonport.

tyne-1.jpg

[jbryce1437]

Great photo and here are a few more of Tyne

hms tyne malta.jpg

tyne-(1969)-stern.jpg

HMS_Tyne_Portsmouth_08_1960[1].jpg

1323457_Tyne-Destroyer-Depot-ship[1].jpg

leopard-destroyer-free-fren.jpg

hms tyne during ww2 no date.jpg

Adamant with Tyne astern

adamant and tyne astern.jpg

hms tyne[1].jpg

HMS%20Gravelines%20D24%20%20and%20Depot%20ship%20168[1].jpg

HMS%20TYNE%2027%20March%201972[1].jpg

tyne.jpg

[jbryce1437]

The previous HMS Tyne, formerly used as a troopship and was a Torpedo Boat Destroyer Depot ship during the First World War. She sank in the River Medway in 1920 after springing a leak while awaiting to be sold.

tyne 1878.jpg

Tyne.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Well done Lads I wondered where these were going to be slotted , and you beat me to it , not that I knew any of them , but with such a comprehensive list of Naval ships blossoming forth I thought it may have been overlooked ......Fear not.... you have it in hand

Have any of you any details or drawings of their layout ,and specific services they provided rather than generalities please .

[jbryce1437]

Well done Lads I wondered where these were going to be slotted , and you beat me to it , not that I knew any of them , but with such a comprehensive list of Naval ships blossoming forth I thought it may have been overlooked ......Fear not.... you have it in hand

The main problem is the shear number of the types of ships and classes that the RN has had in service over the years and we have barely scratched the surface to date
Here are a few of HMS Adamant, submarine depot ship completed in 1942, she looked very similar to HMS Tyne and is often confused with her in photos (hopefully these are all correct )

1289699_Adamant[1].jpg

Adamant hong kong 1947.jpg

Adamant%20depot%20ship%20in%20Kure[1].jpg

adamant2.jpg

hms adamant (june 1953)[1].jpg

hms adamant hms delight laid up on the river tamar[1].jpg

hms%20adamant%20alongside%20at%20faslane[1].jpg

hms_adamant_faslane_1959[1].jpg

hms_adamant_submarines_freemantle 1946.jpg

[jbryce1437]

The previous submarine depot ship, HMS Adamant 1912-1932

adamant 1929.jpg

Adamant-02[2].jpg

Adamant.jpg

hms adamant malta.jpg

HMS Adamant,built by Cammell Laird,launched 1271911.Sold for breaking up at Llanelly,2191932.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Well done Lads I wondered where these were going to be slotted , and you beat me to it , not that I knew any of them , but with such a comprehensive list of Naval ships blossoming forth I thought it may have been overlooked ......Fear not.... you have it in hand

The main problem is the shear number of the types of ships and classes that the RN has had in service over the years and we have barely scratched the surface to date
Here are a few of HMS Adamant, submarine depot ship completed in 1942, she looked very similar to HMS Tyne and is often confused with her in photos (hopefully these are all correct )



1289699_Adamant[1].jpg
Adamant hong kong 1947.jpg
Adamant%20depot%20ship%20in%20Kure[1].jpg
adamant2.jpg
hms adamant (june 1953)[1].jpg
hms adamant hms delight laid up on the river tamar[1].jpg
hms%20adamant%20alongside%20at%20faslane[1].jpg
hms_adamant_faslane_1959[1].jpg
hms_adamant_submarines_freemantle 1946.jpg

Thank you very much Jim , the main reason I ask is that my late uncle served on one of these during the war but alas I don't know which one....but he was a stocker by trade .

I have often been curious as to exactly what they were capable of repairing and to what extent "Repaired" rather than maintained .

I know they had cabins for there own and the vessels crew requiring repair , and I imagine they were primary a source of stores for whatever decipline they were allotted to i.e. General . submarine , Destroyers ,Etc machine shops , etc but no one seems to be sure of what exactly they did and to what level they took their repairs to .

[jbryce1437]

HMS Alaunia was requisitioned from the Cunard shipping line in August 1939 and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. In 1944 she was sold to the Admiralty and converted to a Repair Ship. She was scrapped at Blyth in Northumberland in 1956.

alunia prior to rn service[1].jpg

alaunia,pt.bow.jpg

alaunia,pt.broadside.jpg

alaunia repair ship[1].jpg

alaunia 1.jpg

alaunia 2.jpg

[jbryce1437]

HMS Alecto was commissioned in 1912 as a submarine depot ship. She was sold in 1949.

Alecto%20%26%20Co[1].jpg

alecto--depot ship (submarines)[1].jpg

alecto1[2].jpg

[jbryce1437]

HMS Ambrose was built in 1903 as a cargo liner purchased by the Admiralty in December 1914 and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser and later, in 1917, to a submarine depot ship. She was renamed Cochrane in 1938 and was scrapped in 1946.

ambrose sub depot ship.jpg

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hms ambrose & greenwich ros 1939.jpg

ambrose depot ship.jpg