Judge D'Arcy

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Vice-Admiral (retired) Judge D'Arcy (31 July, 1867 – 6 April, 1927) was an officer in the Royal Navy

Life & Career

D'Arcy gained eight months' time on passing out of Britannia.[1]

D'Arcy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant dated 1 October, 1890.[2]

He was blamed by a Court of Enquiry for the death of an A.B. in 1903 when a picket boat touched a reef. It was found that D'Arcy was "ill advised in allowing the boat to go through the passage considering the state of the sea."[3]

D'Arcy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1904.[4]

D'Arcy was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1910.[5]

He was appointed as captain of the battleship Albion in August, 1910.

D'Arcy was appointed in command of the depot ship Hecla of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla on 18 December, 1912.[6]

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth on 10 August, 1913.[7]

Great War

D'Arcy was appointed in command of the battleship Africa on 10 August, 1915. He would remain in command for over two years.

Post-War

D'Arcy was appointed in command of training school Fisgard and as Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments on 31 December 1918.[8]

D'Arcy was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 2 May, 1921 and placed on the Retired List at his own request the next day. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 8 July, 1926. He died the following April at Rushton Lodge (?) in Taunton of a pancreatic tumour and lung ailments.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles H. Morgan
Captain of H.M.S. Albion
9 Aug, 1910[10][11] – 8 Aug, 1912[12]
Succeeded by
Alexander P. Davidson
Preceded by
Raymond A. Nugent
Captain of H.M.S. Leander
8 Aug, 1912[13] – 16 Dec, 1912[14]
Succeeded by
Victor G. Gurner
Preceded by
Francis G. St. John
Captain of H.M.S. Hecla
18 Dec, 1912[15][16] – 10 Aug, 1913[17]
Succeeded by
John E. Cameron
Preceded by
Henry L. Mawbey
Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth
10 Aug, 1913[18][19] – 30 Jun, 1915[20]
Succeeded by
Albert P. Addison
Preceded by
Herbert J. O. Millar
Captain of H.M.S. Africa
10 Aug, 1915[21][22] – 13 Nov, 1918[23]
Succeeded by
Ernest G. H. Du Boulay
Preceded by
Charles H. Morgan
Captain of H.M.S. Terrible
13 Nov, 1918[24] – 31 Dec, 1918[25]
Succeeded by
Otto H. Hawke-Genn
Preceded by
George C. Quayle
Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Fisgard
31 Dec, 1918[26] – 12 Jan, 1921[27]
Succeeded by
Charles P. Beaty-Pownall
Preceded by
George C. Quayle
Inspecting Captain of Mechanical Training Establishments
31 Dec, 1918[28] – 12 Jan, 1921[29]
Succeeded by
Charles P. Beaty-Pownall

Footnotes

  1. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26093. p. 5268. 3 October, 1890.
  3. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  4. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 20.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 323.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 300b.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 774.
  9. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  10. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 275.
  12. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  13. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  14. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  15. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 323.
  17. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  18. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393h.
  20. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  21. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391c.
  23. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  24. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  25. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  26. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  27. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  28. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.
  29. D'Arcy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/400. ff. 478, 40.