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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Thomas Cecil Benfield Harbottle''', R.N. (25 November, 1885 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Thomas Cecil Benfield Harbottle''', R.N. (Retired) (25 November, 1885 &ndash; 17 March, 1968)<ref>''The Times'' (Tuesday, 19 March 1968), p. 18.</ref> was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Born in London, the son of wine merchant T. B. Harbottle, Esq..
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Born in London, the son of Thomas Benfield Harbottle, the compiler of ''The Dictionary of Battles'' (1904), for long ‘a standard reference work.’<ref>Brigadier Peter Young, ‘Foreword’ in G. Bruce, ''Harbottle’s Dictionary of Battles'' (second revised edition, 1979), p. 5.</ref>
  
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Harbottle was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1906.<ref>Harbottle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/50.|}} f. 196.</ref>
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T.C.B. Harbottle was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1906.<ref>Harbottle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/50.|}} f. 196.</ref>
  
 
In February, 1910 he was admonished to be more careful after a collision between {{UK-C31}} and the ketch ''The Brothers''.<ref>Harbottle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/50.|}} f. 196.</ref>
 
In February, 1910 he was admonished to be more careful after a collision between {{UK-C31}} and the ketch ''The Brothers''.<ref>Harbottle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/50.|}} f. 196.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 17 May 2023

Captain Thomas Cecil Benfield Harbottle, R.N. (Retired) (25 November, 1885 – 17 March, 1968)[1] was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in London, the son of Thomas Benfield Harbottle, the compiler of The Dictionary of Battles (1904), for long ‘a standard reference work.’[2]

T.C.B. Harbottle was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1906.[3]

In February, 1910 he was admonished to be more careful after a collision between C 31 and the ketch The Brothers.[4]

Harbottle was appointed in command of the submarine C 6 on 15 August, 1912.[5]

Harbottle was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1914.[6]

Harbottle was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917.[7]

Placed on the Retired List on account of age on 1 February, 1928, Harbottle was promoted to the rank of Captain on 25 November, 1930.[8]

World War II

He worked in the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department from 1939 until reverting to the Retired List on 30 September, 1944..[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. C 31
1 Nov, 1909[10] – 9 Aug, 1910 		Succeeded by
Kenneth J. Duff-Dunbar
Preceded by
Vincent M. Cooper 		Captain of H.M.S. C 6
15 Aug, 1912[11] – 1 Jul, 1915 		Succeeded by
John G. Bower
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. E 55
1 Jul, 1915[12] – Aug, 1915 		Succeeded by
Gilbert H. Kellett
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. E 21
Aug, 1915[13] – 10 Jun, 1917[14] 		Succeeded by
Henry C. Carlyon-Britton
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. L 9
20 Feb, 1918[15] – Jan, 1919[16] 		Succeeded by
Allan Poland
Preceded by
Robert R. Turner 		Captain of H.M.S. Alecto
15 Jan, 1919[17] – 15 Jan, 1921[18][19] 		Succeeded by
Richard H. B. Everard
Preceded by
Henry Spencer 		Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
15 Jan, 1919[20] – 15 Jan, 1921[21] 		Succeeded by
John G. Bower

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Times (Tuesday, 19 March 1968), p. 18.
  2. ↑ Brigadier Peter Young, ‘Foreword’ in G. Bruce, Harbottle’s Dictionary of Battles (second revised edition, 1979), p. 5.
  3. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  4. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  5. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  6. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  7. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  8. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  9. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 344.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Aug. 1912, p. 4.
  12. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  13. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  14. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  15. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  16. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 723.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 725.
  20. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.
  21. ↑ Harbottle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/50. f. 196.

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