Category: HMS Rosario (1898)

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HMS Rosario (1898) From https://www.naval-history.net/PhotoWW1-50DepotShipsRosarioPS.JPG

HMS Rosario (1898) was built as a sloop and launched on 17 Dec 1898. She was commissioned for the China Station in 1900 and replaced HMS Rattler. She was rebuilt as a depot ship in 1910 and in 1911 sailed to Hong Kong to serve as the depot ship for the Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla, 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 to Hong Kong in February 1911. They were all sold in Hong Kong on 25 June 1919. HMS Rosario was scrapped in Hong Kong in November 1921. The Ship's log of HMS Rosario can be seen at https://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-18-HMS_Rosario.htm.

1. Commander Claud A. W. Hamilton, 20 March, 1900[14] – 2 July, 1902
2. Commander Thomas Jackson, 16 March, 1903[15] – 31 December, 1904[16]
3. Lieutenant & Commander Nicholas E. Archdale, 24 April, 1911[17] – October, 1913[18] (and in command of Hong Kong Submarine Flotilla)
4. Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. N. Cromie, 5 November, 1913[19][20] – March, 1915[21] (and in command of Flotilla)

Rosario was one of six Condor-class sloops. The six ships in the class were Condor (1898), Mutine (1900), Rosario (1898), Rinaldo (1900), Shearwater (1900) and Vestal (1900).

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