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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIEUT. HORACE G. STONE, RNVR Horace Stones' Naval Career M any young English/Canadian men had a strong sense o f obligation to serve in the Great War and Horace Stone w as likely no exception. After leaving McGill Horace joined the Royal Naval Volunteer (R N V R ) in Canada. This organization had established operating divisions in several cities across Canada to recruit for its ow n needs as well as assist in training enlistees in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer reserve (RCNVR). While in still Canada, Horace began his naval officer training. Undoubtedly Horace Stone's prowess in sailing and a degree in Applied Science made him excellent officer material. Lt. Stone's Service Records, in the Admiralty Ledger, (available from the Kew Archives in London) i record that he enlisted in the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve in Canada and was appointed Temporary Sub-Lieutenant on May 22, 1916 before arriving by boat in Liverpool on June 5, 1916. Prior to being posted to HMS Hermione, Stone was sent a short-course at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Shortly after joining the Hermione from Greenwich, Lt. Stone w as assigned as second-officer to Motor Launch (M .L.) 328 effective September 1916, and in November to M .L. 427. He was appointed Temporary Lieutenant on June 22, 1917 and moved August 20, 1917 to the Patrol vessel Osiris II, an old P& O ship pressed into wartime service as a depot ship for motor launches in support of the Hermione. While serving on the Osiris II, Lt. Stone w as assigned to M .L. 222. He would have been the second or first officer on these boats as the crew complement w as two officersi. The HMS Hermione w as an A straea-class cruiser. In August 1914 she became a guard ship off Southampton from December 1916 until the war's end in November/December 1919 1. She served as the head-quarters ship, or mother ship, for motor launches (M .L.s) and coastal motor boats protecting the English Channel. The M .L .s 2 served several tasks including patrols for enemy shipping, mine sweeping and mine destruction. Anti-submarine search and destroy was the primary task especially after 1917 when the German navy strategy became unrestricted submarine warfare. HMS Hermione 1 The Hermione was a twin-screw cruiser of 4360 tons, 9,000 horsepower (6,700 kW) launched at Devonport in 1893. She was coal-fired and powered with two triple-expansion steam engines and capable of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).. The Hermione had 2 x 6 inch guns, 8 x 4.5 inch guns, 1 x 3 inch gun as well as three 18 inch torpedo tubes. She had a crew 328. 2 Most of the Royal Navy's motor launches were partially built in the USA by Elco and came in 75 and 80 foot versions. They were well regarded as reliable, sturdy and tough. The British Navy's ordered some 500 anti­ submarine motor launches from Elco in 1915; all were delivered by July 1916. As the US was not in the war, the Prepared by Carl Hunter February, 2019 Pa ge