Talbot / Medway II 1951 - 1946
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | M29 |
| Fate: | Sold 1946 and broken up at Dover |
HMS M29 and her sisters were ordered from Harland & Wolff, Belfast in March 1915. Launched on 22 May 1915, she was completed in June 1915.
HMS M29 was sent to the Mediterranean, and took part in the Battle of Jaffa and remained there until December, 1918. She served from May to September 1919 in support of British and White Russian forces in the White Sea, before returning to England.
In September 1923, HMS M29 was taken in hand for conversion to a minelayer. Equipped to carry 52 mines, she was renamed HMS Medusa in December 1925.
In May 1941, she was converted to a repair ship and became the depot ship for the 10th Submarine Flotilla, being renamed HMS Talbot.
Again renamed HMS Medway II in February 1944, she became the depot ship for the 1st Submarine Flotilla.
She was finally sold in December 1946 for breaking up at Dover
Roll of Honour |
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| Kelsey, Vyvyan Howard | |||
| Died: 27th Feb, 1942. | |||
| Sub Lieutenant | Aged: 20 | ||
| from Ealing, Middlesex | |||
| The full circumstances of his death have not yet been established but it is likely that he was killed in a bombing raid on Malta on that date. Son of Capt. V C M Kelsey, formerly of the Royal Marines, and Mrs Kelsey |
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| Swannick, Edgar Harold P/JX 221854 | |||
| Died: 10th Aug, 1942. | |||
| Able Seaman | Aged: 25 | ||
| from Berwick, Shropshire | |||
| A member of the crew of the Submarine Depot HMS Medway, the Submarine Base at Beirut in The Lebanon. It is reported that he was accidentally electrocuted onboard Submarine X-50, which was the former Italian Submarine Perla. Pre-war, he had been a timber feller as listed in the 1939 Register. |
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| Skelton, Paul Seymour | |||
| Died: 23rd Mar, 1943. | |||
| Lieutenant | |||
| He was reported to have been killed when a Liberator aircraft, in which he was a passenger, was shot down. | |||
| Bailey, Francis E P/JX 171814 | |||
| Died: 21st Jul, 1944. | |||
| Able Seaman | |||
| from Ford, Wiltshire | |||
| Died in HM Hospital Ship Maine from an abscess of the kidney resulting in peritonitis. He was the son of Mrs. E. M. Bailey | |||
Events
| 22-05-1515 | Launched |
| 20-06-1915 | Completed |
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