Previous name: HMS Mariner
Subsequent name:
Class: MARINER CLASS Sloop (originally)
Pennant No: W35
Laid down: 8 January 1883
Builder: Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth
Launched: 23 June 1884
Into Service: 1916
Out of service: 19 February 1929
Fate: Sold for breaking up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: She was one of a Class of 6 gun vessels designed by Nathaniel Barnaby, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, which were all re-rated as sloops before they entered service. The Class consisted of: HM ships ACORN, ICARUS, MARINER, MELITA, RACER and REINDEER, three of which were converted into Salvage Vessels. They were originally powered by a two cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine produced by Hawthorn Leslie
23 June 1884 launched by HM Dockyard, Devonport as Yard Nr: as a gun vessel named HMS MARINER
26 November 1884 re-rated as a sloop
9 March 1885 Engineer Aldred Palmer appointed
19 March 1885 commissioned for Particular Service. Hull cost £37,156 and her machinery £12,841
12 May 1885 sailed Devonport with HMS Racer (later to become RFA Racer), HMS Mercvury and HMS Conquest
14 May 1885 berthed at Queenstown harbour
22 May 1885 anchored at Bantry Bay
10 June 1885 joined the British Evolutionary Squadron formed to test the practical efficiency of the material of the Fleet
1 September 1885 proceeded to the Mediterranean then to the East Indies
25 September 1885 arrived at Suez and sailed the next day for Suakin. Commander John Durnford Royal Navy was in command
1 October 1885 arrived at Suakin and sailed the next day for Aden
13 November 1885 the Edinburgh Evening News newspaper reported –
22 February 1886 the Illustrated London News reported –
20 May 1886 captured a slave dhow Kibibi and two slaves
4 August 1886 arrived at Mauritius with other RN ships including HMS REINDEER (later to become RFA REINDEER)
17 September 1886 berthed at Reunion with other RN ships sailing 21 September 1886
6 December 1886 arrived at Bombay with other RN ships
29 December 1886 arrived at Rangoon from Trincomalee
12 August 1887 arrived at Mauritius
24 August 1887 sailed from Mauritius
15 September 1887 arrived at Zanzibar from Madagascar with HMS BACCHANTE (flagship)
8 November 1887 at Zanzibar
6 December 1887 the Admiralty paid prize money to the Commanding Officer, Officers and crew for the capture of the slaves and dhow Kibibi on 20 May 1886
8 December 1887 Commander Charles R Arbuthnot Royal Navy appointed in command inlieu of Commander John Durnford Royal Navy who was appointed in command of HMS Defiance on this day
1 May 1888 sailed Zanzibar for Aden
24 May 1888 sailed from Aden for Zeillah
12 June 1888 arrived at the Seychelles
24 June 1888 sailed from the Seychelles for Zanzibar
10 January 1889 recommissioned at Trincomalee and employed in the blockade of the East African coast
22 August 1889 arrived at the Seychelles from Zanzibar
8 September 1889 sailed from the Seychelles for Zanzibar
18 December 1889 arrived at Bombay
28 March 1890 sailed from Bombay
19 July 1890 arrived at Kurrachee from the Persian Gulf
13 April 1891 captured a dhow Hannah Lake
1891 at the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa
29 November 1891 arrived at and sailed from Mombassa
12 January 1892 sailed Port Said
5 February 1892 sailed Malta
13 February 1892 due to heavy weather was forced to berth at Algiers to bunker and then continue her voyage to Gibraltar
16 February 1892 berthed at Gibraltar
20 February 1892 sailed Gibraltar for Devonport. Her departure had been delayed by bad weather
26 February 1892 arrived at Plymouth
21 March 1892 prize money paid by the Admiralty to the Commanding Officer, Officers and crew for the capture of the dhow Hannah Lake was paid this day
23 March 1892 paid off at Devonport
1892 to 1894 in reserve at Devonport
26 July 1901 hawsers strung between the ship and HMS REINDEER have become part of the defence at Devonport
November 1915 taken in hand by Hawthorn Leslie for conversion into a Salvage Vessel
28 August 1917 Chief Stoker William Merritt discharged dead. He is buried in Portsmouth’s Kingston Cemetery in grave 10.13 1/2
Courtesy and © of The War Graves Photographic Project
1 November 1917 Lieutenant John William Miskin RNR appointed in command. Discharged 4 December 1918 to HMS Victory
12 September 1918 Engineer Lieutenant Charles A Munro RNR appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
29 October 1918 sailed Burghhead
30 October 1918 anchored in Peterhead Bay
1 December 1918 Lieutenant William Pryce-Thomas RNR appointed in command
10 March 1919 Assistant Steward Elliott Egerton Whitehead MMR 976082 discharged dead. Buried at Birkinhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery.
Courtesy and © of The War Graves Photographic Project
1919 to 1921 under management of Liverpool Salvage Association
1922 to 1929 laid up
14 June 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
18 July 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
26 August 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
7 March 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
18 August 1924 berthed at No: 2 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard together with RFA KIMMEROL
26 August 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
2 September 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 October 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
13 October 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
16 October 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
29 October 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
30 October 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
5 November 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
8 November 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
21 November 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
1 December 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 December 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
10 December 1924 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
1 January 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
11 February 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
7 March 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
24 March 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
4 April 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA’s HICKOROL & KIMMEROL
14 April 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA KIMMEROL
5 May 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
12 May 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
20 May 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
27 May 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
5 June 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
17 June 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
17 July 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
14 August 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA’s EBONOL (1) and KIMMEROL
20 August 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
26 September 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 October 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
14 October 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
29 October 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
14 November 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA EBONOL (1)
1 December 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
12 December 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
24 December 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
30 December 1925 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
3 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
6 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
9 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
12 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
15 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
19 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
21 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
22 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
25 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
27 January 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
11 February 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
18 February 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
22 February 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
4 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
5 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
6 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
17 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour together with RFA RACER
22 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
24 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA RACER
29 March 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
6 April 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA RACER
15 April 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA RACER
23 June 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as NAV UPNOR and RFA SCOTOL
1 July 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
31 July 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
16 August 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA KIMMEROL and RFA PETRONEL
17 August 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
20 August 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
21 September 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
8 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA’s DREDGOL
16 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
19 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA EBONOL (1)
21 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
22 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
30 October 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
8 November 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
12 November 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA’s DREDGOL
15 November 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
1 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA KIMMEROL
7 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA’s DREDGOL and PRESTOL
8 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA DREDGOL
11 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour at the same time as RFA’s DREDGOL and PRESTOL
30 December 1926 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
1 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
4 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
6 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
7 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
8 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
11 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
12 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
21 January 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
10 February 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin Portsmouth Harbour
11 February 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin Portsmouth Harbour
19 February 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
21 February 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
26 February 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
3 March 1927 berthed in No: 3 Basin, Portsmouth Harbour
1928 placed on the disposal list
19 February 1929 purchased by Hughes Bolckow & Co Ltd for demolition at Blyth
25 March 1929 sailed from Portsmouth Harbour
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