Guest dulce et decorum est Posted 22 March , 2005 Share Posted 22 March , 2005 I am just trying to find some information on HMS Zaria, my great grandfather died on board in 1916 from TB. I have tried to search on the internet but have hit a brickwall, i think it was a minesweeper but i can't be sure. Can anyone shed any light on the subject??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 22 March , 2005 Share Posted 22 March , 2005 Pendent No Y9.22, HMS ZARIA, launched 1904, 3549 tons, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary used as a Squadron Supply Ship , requisitioned 26/11/1914 to 30/07/1919, became Armed Patrol depot ship at Longhope ( Scapa Flow) from June 1915. She was never involved in minesweeping. She was therefore a Depot Ship at Longhope at the time of your Grandfather's death. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest veesixteen Posted 21 August , 2008 Share Posted 21 August , 2008 My Grandfather, James William REYNOLDS, was a stoker aboard HMS Zaria in 1918-19. He died of concussion in Greenock on 24/10/19 at age 38. Would the navy have a record of his date and place of birth as well his final resting place? Thanks. Marguerite (Gita) SAUNDERS [in South Carolina, USA] _____________________________________________________ I am just trying to find some information on HMS Zaria, my great grandfather died on board in 1916 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 21 August , 2008 Share Posted 21 August , 2008 Welcome to the forum Gita, The Royal Naval seaman's registers are online, there is one match for those names, but not for that age: Name Reynolds, James William Official Number: 162510 Place of Birth: Dunganstown, Wicklow Date of Birth: 08 October 1875 link to the record http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalog...F=ADM+188%2F240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest veesixteen Posted 22 August , 2008 Share Posted 22 August , 2008 Thank you for your kind and prompt reply. Is there any way to consult the individual record. I have clicked on the link you provided but I can't go to record No. 162510. Of course I may be doing soemthing wrong; that would not be surprising for me! __________________________________ ... Welcome to the forum, Gita ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 22 August , 2008 Share Posted 22 August , 2008 Oops sorry, I was looking at when he entered the Navy (1891) and didn't go back to the right page to give you the link. Lets try again: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsenal Posted 25 August , 2008 Share Posted 25 August , 2008 HMS Zaria was hired as a RFA store carrier 26/11/14, becoming auxilliary patrol depot ship (Longhope) April 1915 to 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 26 August , 2008 Share Posted 26 August , 2008 Hello Gita, your grandfather is not listed in the Admiralty casualty records, which implies he must have left the service, perhaps invalided out. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 December , 2018 Share Posted 28 December , 2018 Hello all trying to find out more information on David Johnston , my step grandfather who was on the HMS ZAIRA ,Date of death 25/10/16 on death certificate drowned, job description trimmer regards Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 28 December , 2018 Share Posted 28 December , 2018 (edited) Here is his RNR record - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8572101 He was serving in the Hired Montrose drifter SOUTHESK, parented by HMS ZARIA at Orkney. SOUTHESK was used as a net vessel. Accidentally drowned. Edited 28 December , 2018 by horatio2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S Hastings Posted 11 February , 2021 Share Posted 11 February , 2021 On 22/03/2005 at 21:40, Malcolm said: Pendent No Y9.22, HMS ZARIA, launched 1904, 3549 tons, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary used as a Squadron Supply Ship , requisitioned 26/11/1914 to 30/07/1919, became Armed Patrol depot ship at Longhope ( Scapa Flow) from June 1915. She was never involved in minesweeping. She was therefore a Depot Ship at Longhope at the time of your Grandfather's death. Aye Malcolm This is true. She was depot ship to Auxillary Patrol Zone III. However, the motor launches (H.M.M.L.s), amongst other smaller vessles based with her often took on minesweeping duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela G Posted 12 March , 2023 Share Posted 12 March , 2023 I am researching the HMS Zaria, my Grandfather's record shows him serving on board this ship and being demobbed from the ship at Longhope in 1919, rating is shown as trimmer. The information in this discussion is very interesting, but I wonder does anyone have any more information on what a depot ship was please and what they did? His record also mentions HMS Thornton, is that another ship, or is that what they called the base? I know my Grandfather was a trawlerman living in Grimsby prior to WW1 and signed up for the Royal Navy Reserve in 1910, so trying to piece together why he would have become RNR so long before the war and what his service would have entailed. If anyone has any information it would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KizmeRD Posted 12 March , 2023 Share Posted 12 March , 2023 Anglea, welcome! ZARIA was depot ship for auxiliary patrol craft based at Longhope, looking after a large number of auxiliary trawlers. The ship would have supplied smaller vessels attached to it with whatever supplies they required, and also assisted with basic maintenance and repairs. THORTON was one of the trawlers that ZARIA looked after, I believe she was assigned to the Northern Patrol A Trimmer on a trawler would have spent a lot of his time shovelling coal (fuel for the steam engine). RNR Trawler Section was first established in 1910 in order to have a trained reserve of trawlermen available to augment RN minesweeping capability in the event of war. More info might be possible if we had the name of your GF. MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela G Posted 12 March , 2023 Share Posted 12 March , 2023 Thank you for the information, KizmeRD. My Grandfather was Frederick James Coultas. He was born in Grimsby in 1890 and at the time when he joined the RNR he was living in Montague Street, which is shown on his record as Grimsby, but is actually in Cleethorpes. He met my Grandmother whilst stationed at Longhope and she moved from Orkney to Grimsby in 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KizmeRD Posted 13 March , 2023 Share Posted 13 March , 2023 (edited) His record indicates that he enlrolled in the RNR (Trawler Section) 13 May 1915 and served the entirety of the was as a Trimmer aboard HM Trawler THORNTON (one of a flotilla of auxiliary craft attached to HMS ZARIA depot ship, Longhope). Dispersed to shore on demobilisation 27 February 1919. Entitled to 1914-15 Star, BWM & Victory Medal. MB Edited 13 March , 2023 by KizmeRD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 13 March , 2023 Share Posted 13 March , 2023 A bit more detail on HMS THORNTON: a Fleetwood trawler, she was hired by the Admiralty and from 20 May 1915 she was fitted-out for naval service at Devonport, based on HMS VIVID II. On completion, she was transferred north to be based on HMS ZARIA from 1 July 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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