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{{CommRN}} '''Vernon Hammersley-Heenan''', R.N., Retired (25 March, 1888 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Vernon Hammersley-Heenan''', R.N. (25 March, 1888 – 6 May, 1954) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Hammersley-Heenan was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1910.<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>
  
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==Great War==
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Hammersley-Heenan married Victoria Wood on 4 August 1915 at the Registry Office in Newcastle.<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>
  
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Hammersley-Heenan was appointed in command of the {{UK-Wrestler|f=t}} on 12 February, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
 
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Hammersley-Heenan was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CommRN}} on 2 November, 1929.<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>
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Hammersley-Heenan returned to command several destroyers of Great War vintage, serving with the rank of Acting Commander.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:02, 15 August 2016

Commander (retired) Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, R.N. (25 March, 1888 – 6 May, 1954) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Hammersley-Heenan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1910.[1]

Great War

Hammersley-Heenan married Victoria Wood on 4 August 1915 at the Registry Office in Newcastle.[2]

Hammersley-Heenan was appointed in command of the destroyer Wrestler on 12 February, 1920.[3]

Hammersley-Heenan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1918.[4]

Hammersley-Heenan was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 2 November, 1929.[5]

World War II

Hammersley-Heenan returned to command several destroyers of Great War vintage, serving with the rank of Acting Commander.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Orpheus
12 Aug, 1916[6] – Sep, 1917[Fact Check] 		Succeeded by
Martin J. C. de Meric
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Vehement
Oct, 1917[7] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Vittoria
11 Oct, 1918[8] – 1 Sep, 1919 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
John C. H. Lindsay 		Captain of H.M.S. Chester
5 Nov, 1919[9] – 31 Mar, 1920[Inference] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie 		Captain of H.M.S. Wrestler
12 Feb, 1920[10] 		Succeeded by
Kenneth H. Grant
Preceded by
Joseph H. L. Yorke 		Captain of H.M.S. Trinidad
? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George A. Scott 		Captain of H.M.S. Venturous
Aug, 1923[11] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  2. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  4. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  5. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396i.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398q.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 936.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 745.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.

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