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Revision as of 23:07, 24 March 2014
Admiral SIR Charles James Colebrooke Little, G.C.B., G.B.E. (14 June 1882 – 20 June 1973) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Commander Little was appointed in command of the torpedo gunboat Hazard and of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on 23 November, 1911.[1]
Little was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fearless in September 1916,[2] and remained in her to the end of the war.[Citation needed] In May, 1917, he appears to have been appointed the role of Captain (S) to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, of which Fearless was flag/flotilla cruiser.[3]
Little was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cleopatra on 4 March, 1919.[4]
He was appointed as captain of Iron Duke in 1926.[5]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322b.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 758.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Frederic Charles Dreyer |
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1933 – 1935 |
Succeeded by William M. James |
| Preceded by Frederic Charles Dreyer |
Commander-in-Chief on the China Station 1936 – 1938 |
Succeeded by Percy Noble |
