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Thursday, 25 January 2024

British depot ship HMS Sandhurst bound for Denmark according to the weekly appreciation of matters of naval interest No. 61 for the week ended 14 February 1920

An item reported the departure on 11 February from Devonport, England by the British depot shhip HMS Sandhurst for Copenhagen, Denmark.(1)

Note

1. Launched by Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland on 14 December 1905 as merchant ship Manipur, hired in November 1914, acquired in 1915, used as dummy battleship Indomitable, conversion into a depot ship completed in September 1916 amd broken up in April 1946.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-98-79

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