What's the name of the Ship ?

[Stirrick]

Does anyone know what the missing ship name is on the attached WW1 Royal Navy Service Record ?

I have:
VICTORY I
CYCLOPS (?unknown?)
GIBRALTAR (STERLOCHY)

It looks like HINDERLAY or KINLESTAY, or something similar.
But I can't find a ships' name to match.

STERLOCHY was a fishing-boat requisitioned by the Admiralty.
So it might be a small, former civilian vessel.

Any ideas ?

[Stirrick]

Sorry - attached here.

[bearkat]

Do they both say Sterlochy

[Stirrick]

Oo, could be. But written by a different hand.

[AlanBoyd]

Apparently HMS Cyclops served for the whole of WWI as a repair ship based at Scapa Flow, and HMS Gibraltar served from 1915 as a depot ship in the Shetlands.

Is it possible that he was formally a crew member of Cyclops then of Gibraltar, but was ‘posted’ for the whole time to Sherlochy? If the role/station of Sherlochy changed at some point then this might have made sense.

[Stirrick]

Thanks, guys.

I knew that GIBRALTAR served the Northern Patrol at Swarback Minns in the Shetlands from June,1915.
So a transfer from the Orkneys makes perfect sense for a 'Scottish' fishing-boat.

However, I understood that GIBRALTAR was later moved to Portland to serve the A/S School.
Which is where I thought this sailor must have joined her.

Or was her time at Portand after the War ?

[AlanBoyd]

OK, I admit it, I based my comment upon Wikipedia articles.

Looking at Colledge (Ships of the Royal Navy) I see simply "Depot ship 1914. Sold 9.23."

I did a quick search in newspapers, but only found an item in June 1919 which places the ship in Portland Harbour at that time. Nothing at all placing the ship in the Shetlands during the war.

[martin hooper]

The ship name that appears in brackets is the actual vessel that a man served on. The first name is the depot ship that it was attached to. So it looks to me as if he remained with Sterlochy, which itself moved from Cyclops to Gibraltar.

Martin

[HMac]

I knew that GIBRALTAR served the Northern Patrol at Swarback Minns in the Shetlands from June,1915.
So a transfer from the Orkneys makes perfect sense for a 'Scottish' fishing-boat.

However, I understood that GIBRALTAR was later moved to Portland to serve the A/S School.
Which is where I thought this sailor must have joined her.

Or was her time at Portand after the War ?

GIBRALTAR was replaced at Shetland by the hired yacht BERYL from 3/1918 until 8/1918 while GIBRALTAR was refitting at Chatham. GIBRALTAR continued on Aux Patrol from 12/1918 but at Kirkcaldy until 2/1919. She then went to anti-submarine flottila as depot ship at Portland from 3/1919.

Regards
Hugh