HMS Squirrel (1904)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Squirrel.
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Squirrel
Builder: Workman, Clark & Co Ltd[1]
Launched: 21 December 1904[1][2]
Acquired: 1905[1]
Fate: Sold, 16 November 1921 and renamed Vedra[2]
General characteristics
Displacement:230 t (250 short tons)[2]
Length:103 ft (31 m)[2]
Beam:21 ft (6.4 m)[2]
Armament:2 × 3 pdr guns[2]

HMS Squirrel was a coast guard vessel, built in 1904 and acquired by the Royal Navy in 1905 to replace the previous HMS Squirrel.[1] She served in that role until 1917, when she became a cable vessel.[1][2] From 1905 to 1912 she was a tender for HMS President and possibly HMS Halcyon, and in October 1906 she was recorded as being under the command of Chief Officer C H Coleman.[1] From 1914 to 1917 she was a tender for HMS Vivid, and in February 1914 she was under the command of Chief Officer James B Newman.[1] She was sold on 16 November 1921, and renamed Vedra.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "NMM, vessel ID 376279". Warship Histories, vol x. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Colledge, James (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: the Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present. Casemate. p. 382. ISBN 9781935149071.