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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] {{HON}} '''Maurice Archibald Bourke''', C.M.G., Royal Navy (22 December, 1853 – 16 September, 1900) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] {{HON}} '''Maurice Archibald Bourke''', C.M.G., Royal Navy (22 December, 1853 – 16 September, 1900) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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==Loss of H.M.S. ''Victoria''==
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An officer on ''Nile'' wrote shortly afterwards, "We had the Captain on board.  I never saw a man so broken down.  He did not know how to stand nor which way to look and always had his hand over his face on deck.  Down below he sat all day long with his face buried in his arms and I don't believe he ate anything at all."<ref>Quoted in Welch.  "The Loss of HMS ''Victoria''".  ''Naval Review''.  p. 244.</ref>
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==Later Career==
 
Bourke was appointed {{Com2RN}} as Senior Officer of the Newfoundland Fisheries Division on 16 April, 1896.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 17 April, 1896.  Issue '''34867''', col C, pg. 11.</ref>
 
Bourke was appointed {{Com2RN}} as Senior Officer of the Newfoundland Fisheries Division on 16 April, 1896.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 17 April, 1896.  Issue '''34867''', col C, pg. 11.</ref>
  

Revision as of 07:45, 14 September 2010

Captain THE HONOURABLE Maurice Archibald Bourke, C.M.G., Royal Navy (22 December, 1853 – 16 September, 1900) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Loss of H.M.S. Victoria

An officer on Nile wrote shortly afterwards, "We had the Captain on board. I never saw a man so broken down. He did not know how to stand nor which way to look and always had his hand over his face on deck. Down below he sat all day long with his face buried in his arms and I don't believe he ate anything at all."[1]

Later Career

Bourke was appointed Commodore, Second Class as Senior Officer of the Newfoundland Fisheries Division on 16 April, 1896.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Quoted in Welch. "The Loss of HMS Victoria". Naval Review. p. 244.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1896. Issue 34867, col C, pg. 11.

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 19 September, 1900. Issue 36251, col F, pg. 4.

Service Records

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