Clement Charles Swift

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Commander Clement Charles Swift, R.N. (6 February, 1883 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Swift entered the Royal Navy with the January, 1897 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia, passing in 7th of sixty-three in order of merit with 1504 marks in the competitive entrance examinations.[1]

Swift was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 February, 1904.[2]

Swift was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 6 February, 1912.[3]

On 7 November, 1912, he was appointed to the pre-dreadnought Duncan as her navigation officer.[4] On 16 March, 1914, Swift was appointed to provide the same services in the battleship Britannia.[5]

On 8 September, 1917, he was appointed to the Egmont for work in Malta.[6]

Swift was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 117
3 Jan, 1905[8] – 6 Apr, 1906
Succeeded by
Henry L. Hitchins

Footnotes

  1. Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle (Portsmouth, England), 6 Feb 1897, p. 8.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 73a.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 183.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 306.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 286.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 784.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 183.
  8. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 400.