HMS Magpie 1889-1921

[karl tait]

:confused: I'm doing my family tree & my great grandfather Andrew Tait , service # is 1688 D, Seaman RNR, ww1, was on the magpie, did the ship magpie have a change of name, can any one help me with this prob & if there is anything else about the magpie please let me know, A Tait died of measles will on leave. thankyou : K I TAIT.:eek:

[kc]

The Magpie in WW1 was a gunboat. Launched in 1889, it became a boom defence vessel in 1902, then a depot ship in October 1915. It remained a depot ship until being sold in 1921, according to my sources.

There is supposed to be a photo (from 1898) on this page:

http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm

but it is not showing up. I'll look into that and try to get it back up.

[karl tait]

xcel , thankyou, :)

[Batstiger]

It looks alright to me Kc.

Bob.

[kc]

I fixed the photo. It's about half way down the page. Searching (Ctrl-f) for magpie will find it too, but there is also an earlier one on the same page.

[karl tait]

got it ta, how would i go about the crew list for magpie:confused:

[karl tait]

sorry also what is a boom defence vessel & a depot ship :o

[kc]

Bob, that is the earlier Magpie.

It's the next one down after that. (It's a BIG page, that one!)

[kc]

A Depot Ship is a vessel which acts as the support / supply ship for smaller ships, usually submarines or torpedo boats.

Here is a page with photos http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/depot_ships.htm

A boom defence vessel maintains a boom defence - which is a bar or chain, or netting stretched across a piece of water to obstruct ships.

[karl tait]

ta kc,your a lot of help to me as i dont know anything about war ships