MOTHER SHIP OF SUBMARINES TO “GO WEST.”—H.M.S. Medway, submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy, is a floating base which has mooring accommodation for a whole flotilla of submarines and space aboard for all their crews. She is 580ft long and more than 135 officers and 1,600 men can live aboard. The vessel has about a dozen workshops fitted up with the most modern repairing devices and spacious storerooms carrying “spare parts” and food supplies. In the design of the Medway special attention has been paid to protection against under-water attack. This wonderful ship will be taken out of commission according to the programme laid down by the new British Government for extensive naval “cuts.”

Evening Star, Issue 20256, 17 August 1929, Page 7

MOTHER SHIP OF SUBMARINES TO “GO WEST.”—H.M.S. Medway, submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy, is a floating base which has mooring accommodation for a whole flotilla of submarines and space aboard for all their crews. She is 580 ft long and more than 135 officers and 1,600 men can live aboard. The vessel has about a dozen workshops fitted up with the most modern repairing devices and spacious storerooms carrying “spare parts” and food supplies. In the design of the Medway special attention has been paid to protection against under-water attack. This wonderful ship will be taken out of commission according to the programme laid down by the new British Government for extensive naval “cuts.”