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Cyclops (F31) 1905 - 1947

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Fate: Scrapped at Newport July 1947.

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HMS Cyclops was a civilian ship, Indrabarah purchased on the stocks in 1905 for use as a depot ship and served in the Mediterranean, and returned to Home Waters late in 1939 where she spent the war years.

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Died: 30-04-1944
Beldon, Edgar  (RNVR)
Acting Lieutenant Commander Died: 30-04-1944 Aged: 42
The son of Albert Beldon (a Solicitor) and Bertha Lawson Beldon. He first joined the RNVR in September 1918 and served in the Cruiser HMS Vindictive but was demobilised after the 1918 Armistice.

He was a Director of the firm of Langley, Beldon & Gaunt Ltd Wool Merchants and Wool Brokers. He volunteered for further service in the 2nd World War although details of his service are limited.

In April 1944 he was serving in the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Cyclops at Rothesay when he was drowned in a sailing accident along with Commander (E) Barry Leonard.

He was the husband of Maria Lambert Beldon (nee Gaunt)
Leonard, Barrie Warsop Cooper 
Commander Died: 30-04-1944 Aged: 33
from Portsmouth
Born in Portsmouth in 1911, he was the youngest son of Paymaster-in-Chief William Vancouver Theodore Leonard, RN, and Georgina Maud Leonard. His siblings were Mercedes Kathleen, Edward Mailand Cooper, Theodore Cooper Leader, and Lois Monica.

At the time of the 1911 Census on 2nd April 1911 the Leonard family were living at No. 7, The Parade, in HM Dockyard, Portsmouth.

In the 1921 Census he was listed as a boarder at 37, Watts Avenue, Rochester in Kent, both of his parents were noted as deceased and he was a pupil in the Junior School of King's Cathedral Grammar School in Rochester. He joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman (E) at the Royal Naval Engineering College at Keyham in Devonport on 10th January 1929 for Engineering Training. He was promoted to Sub Lieutenant (E) on 1st May 1931 and to Lieutenant (E) on 16 April 1933.

On 29th August 1935 Barry Leonard was appointed to the Battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1st Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean and on recommissioning, He joined Submarines on 4th January 1937 when he was appointed to HMS Dolphin for the Submarine Course.

He embarked in SS Ranpura at London for Hong Kong on 22nd October 1937and joined Submarine HMS Rorqual as the Engineer on 15th May 1938. On his return to UK he was appointed to HMS President on 26th December 1939 'for the Engineer-in-Chief's Department'.

Promotion to Lieutenant Commander (E) followed on 6th April 1941. On 15th March 1943 Barry Leonard was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship
HMS Forth.

On 15th April 1944 he was further promoted to Acting Commander (E) and was appointed to the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Cyclops at Rothesay as the Engineer Commander and for Flotilla duties.

Barry Leonard was accidentally drowned in Rothesay Bay as a result of a sailing accident. Lieutenant Commander Edgar Belson, also of HMS Cyclops, was drowned in the same accident.

Barry Leonard was the husband of Patricia Beatrice Eden Neate, eldest daughter of Commander Charles Eden Neate, RN and Dorothy Tucker.

Events

27-10-1905 Launched
31-01-1920 Reduced to reserve at Sheerness
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