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'''Sidney Reginald Lane''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRNR}} '''Sidney Reginald Lane''', R.N.R. (15 January, 1874 – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].  His first name was sometimes offered as "Sydney".
  
 
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He commanded the hired yacht [[H.M.S. Evening Star (1894)|''Evening Star'']] from 22 June 1915 to 28 June, 1916.
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Lane was appointed in command of the hired H.M. yacht [[H.M.Y. Kethailes (1903)|''Kethailes'']] on 28 June, 1916.  He rendered "good service" on 28 September 1917 when S.S. ''William Middleton'' was mined.  ''Kethailes'' was lost in a collision with S.S. ''Leicestershire'' in St. George's channel on 11 October, 1917.  Two officers and fifteen others were killed.  Nine of the eleven survivors were rescued by the {{UK-P44|f=pt}}.<ref>Email from Gordon Brown 20190713.</ref>
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A 22 August 1918 inspection of {{UK-ArdPatrick}} by Vice-Admiral, Naval Base [[Buncrana]] found her efficiency satisfactory.  Lane was promoted to the rank of {{CommRNR}} on 31 December, 1918.  He was demobilised on 21 June 1919.  He was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of {{CaptRNR}} on 15 January, 1924.<ref>Lane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/53/12.|}} f. 12.</ref>
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In 1947, he reported that he was a retired Master Mariner living in Bournemouth.
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Latest revision as of 10:12, 9 August 2022

Captain R.N.R. Sidney Reginald Lane, R.N.R. (15 January, 1874 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve. His first name was sometimes offered as "Sydney".

Life & Career

Lane was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 2 August, 1905.[1]

Lane was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 2 August, 1913.[2]

He commanded the hired yacht Evening Star from 22 June 1915 to 28 June, 1916.

Lane was appointed in command of the hired H.M. yacht Kethailes on 28 June, 1916. He rendered "good service" on 28 September 1917 when S.S. William Middleton was mined. Kethailes was lost in a collision with S.S. Leicestershire in St. George's channel on 11 October, 1917. Two officers and fifteen others were killed. Nine of the eleven survivors were rescued by the patrol boat H.M.S. P 44.[3]

A 22 August 1918 inspection of Ard Patrick by Vice-Admiral, Naval Base Buncrana found her efficiency satisfactory. Lane was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 31 December, 1918. He was demobilised on 21 June 1919. He was placed on the Retired List on account of age at the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 15 January, 1924.[4]

In 1947, he reported that he was a retired Master Mariner living in Bournemouth.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Cowslip
22 Nov, 1917[5] – 25 Apr, 1918[6] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Ard Patrick
21 Jun, 1918[7][8] – 21 Jun, 1919[9] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.
  2. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.
  3. ↑ Email from Gordon Brown 20190713.
  4. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.
  5. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.
  6. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 130.
  7. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 731.
  9. ↑ Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/12. f. 12.

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