HMS ''Nautilus'' was a of the

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. She was commissioned on 30 March 1910 from Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company. She was renamed HMS ''Grampus'' on 16 December 1913, her former name being reallocated to , the first Royal Navy

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to be given one.

Service history

''Nautilus'' joined the

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when she commissioned on 12 September 1911, replacing the . During the

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, ''Grampus'' participated in the Dardanelles Campaign against the

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. On 17 April 1915, in an attempt to break through the

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, the submarine ran aground under Kephaz Point. She was fired on and disabled, her captain, Lieutenant Commander T. S. Brodie and several of her crew were killed; the remainder taken prisoner. To prevent her capture, the

tried over the next two days to destroy the submarine. ''Grampus'' was involved in one of the many failed attempts; she was simply unable to locate ''E15''. On 6 August, HMS ''Grampus'' landed 11th Battalion,

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of the

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inside

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, but on the wrong part of the beach. The troops were ill-supplied and ran critically short of

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in the actions that followed; on 8 August, HMS ''Grampus'' cut one of her own water tanks loose and floated it ashore, which allowed the men who recovered it about a

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(0.5 litre) each. ''Grampus'' was sold

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for scrapping at

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on 21 September 1920.

References

Publications

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nautilus (1910) Beagle-class destroyers Ships built in Leamouth 1910 ships World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom