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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Denis Granville Thynne''', C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 October, 1875 &ndash; 18 December, 1955) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Life & Career== On 10 November, 1913, Thynne was appointed in command of {{UK-Lark}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 337.</ref> While in {{UK-Agincourt}}, Thynne had a pet bull terrier named "Nick". "For valuable services in command of a Minelayer for eighteen months," he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 March, 1919.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31248/supplements/3859 (Supplement) no. 31248. p. 3859.] 24 March, 1919.</ref> On 13 January, 1920, Thynne was appointed in command of the {{UK-Woolwich|f=t}} in Devonport, recommissioning her there on the 3rd of February and becoming Captain (D) of a flotilla.{{NLJan21|pp. 901, 902-945}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} ==Service Record== {{refbegin}} *{{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} {{refend}} <div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}} {{TabNaval}} {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''?'''|'''Captain of {{UK-Lark|f=p}}'''<br>10 Nov, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 337}} &ndash; ?|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Everard Hughes White|Charles E. H. White]]'''}} {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Harold Ernest Sulivan|Harold E. Sulivan]]'''|'''Captain of {{UK-Woolwich|f=p}}'''<br>13 Jan, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 901}} &ndash; ?|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}} {{TabEnd}} </div name=fredbot:appts> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thynne, Denis}} {{CatPerson|UK|1875|1955}} {{CatBritannia|January, 1890}} {{CatCaptain|UK}}

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