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Cavendish was summoned back as D.S.T.O., Cardiff on 25 August, 1939, having attended a Sea Transport Officers' Training Course earlier that year.<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 16:57, 9 June 2016

Captain James Robert Carnegie Cavendish, R.N. (9 January, 1885 – 19 March, 1956) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cavendish was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1907.[1]

After three months experience in T.B. 105, which was originally to have been a command position for him,[2][3] Cavendish was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 049 in December, 1909. He'd retain this command until April of 1911.

Cavendish was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 24 on 17 September, 1911. On 21 January, 1914, he was appointed to the armoured cruiser Warrior of the First Cruiser Squadron. He would be in her when war broke out.[4]

Great War

On 5 December, 1914, Cavendish was appointed in command of the destroyer Lightning.[5]

Cavendish was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1915. This news was muted by the loss of Lightning to a mine the very same day. Cavendish was given some time to recover from this, and was appointed to Hecla to take command of the Acasta Class destroyer Midge on 2 August, 1915. He would be in her, acting as part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[6][7]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Scimitar on 21 October, 1918.[8]

Post-War

Cavendish was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1919.[9]

After being superseded in command of Valorous on 9 January, 1925, Cavendish took an anti-submarine course and some unpaid time before being lent to the Royal Australian Navy for two years, commencing on 10 April, 1925.[10]

Upon his return to R.N. service on 19 August, 1927, Cavendish was on unpaid time for six months and then took the Senior Officers Training Course, Part 1. He then took a series of commands of light cruisers as they transitioned to reduced or reserved status. These duties were completed by 10 July, 1931.[11]

Cavendish retired at his own request with the rank of Captain on 9 January, 1932.[12]

Post-war

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Urchin on 15 July, 1920.[13]

World War II

Cavendish was summoned back as D.S.T.O., Cardiff on 25 August, 1939, having attended a Sea Transport Officers' Training Course earlier that year.[14]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Christopher J. F. Eddis
Captain of H.M. T.B. 105
20 Sep, 1909[15] – late 1909
Succeeded by
Archibald R. J. Southby
Preceded by
James L. C. Clark
Captain of H.M. T.B. 049
Dec, 1909[16]
Succeeded by
Joseph Wilkinson
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore
Captain of H.M. T.B. 24
17 Sep, 1911[17]
Succeeded by
James C. F. Lewis
Preceded by
Thomas C. C. Bolster
Captain of H.M.S. Lightning
5 Dec, 1914[18]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Hubert E. Gore-Langton
Captain of H.M.S. Midge
2 Aug, 1915[19]
Succeeded by
Henry Forrester
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Pellew
Jun, 1916[20]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Scimitar
21 Oct, 1918[21]
Succeeded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Witherington
21 Aug, 1919[22]
Succeeded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie
Preceded by
Herbert M. Hughes
Captain of H.M.S. Urchin
15 Jul, 1920[23]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Thomas C. C. Bolster
Captain of H.M.S. Valorous
3 Jan, 1924[24]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 14.
  2. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 20 September, 1909. Issue 39069, col D, p. 5.
  4. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.
  6. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  9. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  10. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  11. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  12. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  14. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 20 September, 1909. Issue 39069, col D, p. 5.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401a.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395m.
  19. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396h.
  21. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 901.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 278.

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