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Rainier was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 April, 1908.  On October 1908 Rainier was reported to have creating a disturbance and having been under the influence of liquor at the Empire Music Hall in Portsmouth.  This report was echoed by the town authorities.  In November, Rainier failed a torpedo examination.  He was to be sent to sea in {{UK-Achilles}} for three months and reported on at the end of that time.  In November, Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver|Oliver]] vouched that Rainier's conduct was "V.G." and that he had provided valuable services on the 17th.  Captain [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|Nicholson]], who had superseded Oliver in November, reported much the same in December.  Rainier would have one month's time which he had been docked in October restored and pass his torpedo examination in June of 1909.<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>
 
Rainier was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 April, 1908.  On October 1908 Rainier was reported to have creating a disturbance and having been under the influence of liquor at the Empire Music Hall in Portsmouth.  This report was echoed by the town authorities.  In November, Rainier failed a torpedo examination.  He was to be sent to sea in {{UK-Achilles}} for three months and reported on at the end of that time.  In November, Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver|Oliver]] vouched that Rainier's conduct was "V.G." and that he had provided valuable services on the 17th.  Captain [[William Coldingham Masters Nicholson|Nicholson]], who had superseded Oliver in November, reported much the same in December.  Rainier would have one month's time which he had been docked in October restored and pass his torpedo examination in June of 1909.<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/144/33.|D8123198}} f. 363.</ref>
  
In 1912 when he was serving in the {{UK-Invincible|f=t}}, Rainier would successfully explain when asked to do so by Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly|Bayly]] that excessive wine bills were due to entertaining.  Rainier was appointed as first lieutenant in the {{UK-Sheldrake}} on 5 August, 1912. In late 1912, Rainier would be commended by Captain (D) Henderson for his services during the illness of {{UK-Sheldrake}}'s commanding officer.
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In 1912 when he was serving in the {{UK-Invincible|f=t}}, Rainier would successfully explain when asked to do so by Rear-Admiral [[Lewis Bayly|Bayly]] that excessive wine bills were due to entertaining.  Rainier was appointed from ''Invincible'' when he was selected to be first lieutenant in the {{UK-Sheldrake}} on 5 August, 1912. Later that year, Rainier would be commended by Captain (D) Henderson for his services during the illness of {{UK-Sheldrake}}'s commanding officer.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:40, 8 December 2016

Lieutenant-Commander Daniel Harvey Rainier (31 October, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Rainier was invalided from King Edward VII at Gibraltar on 5 November, 1906 with heat stroke.

Rainier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 April, 1908. On October 1908 Rainier was reported to have creating a disturbance and having been under the influence of liquor at the Empire Music Hall in Portsmouth. This report was echoed by the town authorities. In November, Rainier failed a torpedo examination. He was to be sent to sea in Achilles for three months and reported on at the end of that time. In November, Captain Oliver vouched that Rainier's conduct was "V.G." and that he had provided valuable services on the 17th. Captain Nicholson, who had superseded Oliver in November, reported much the same in December. Rainier would have one month's time which he had been docked in October restored and pass his torpedo examination in June of 1909.[1]

In 1912 when he was serving in the battlecruiser Invincible, Rainier would successfully explain when asked to do so by Rear-Admiral Bayly that excessive wine bills were due to entertaining. Rainier was appointed from Invincible when he was selected to be first lieutenant in the Sheldrake on 5 August, 1912. Later that year, Rainier would be commended by Captain (D) Henderson for his services during the illness of Sheldrake's commanding officer.

Great War

Rainier remained in Sheldrake until 14 January, 1915, with

Rainier was appointed in command of the destroyer Sabrina on 9 April, 1918.[2]

Rainier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1918.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Wessex on 29 July, 1920.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Colin A. G. Hutchinson
Captain of H.M. T.B. 21
18 Jan, 1915[5][6] – 18 Jul, 1916[7]
Succeeded by
George L. M. Napier
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Medway
19 Jul, 1916[8] – Aug, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Neill James
Preceded by
Charles H. N. James
Captain of H.M.S. Attack
Aug, 1916[10][11] – 13 Jan, 1917[12]
Succeeded by
Harry A. D. Keate
Preceded by
Hubert H. de Burgh
Captain of H.M.S. Melpomene
18 Jan, 1917[13][14] – 8 Apr, 1918[15]
Succeeded by
Christopher H. Ringrose
Preceded by
Vernon S. Butler
Captain of H.M.S. Sabrina
9 Apr, 1918[16][17] – 19 Mar, 1919[18]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alban Knubley
Captain of H.M.S. Lennox
20 Mar, 1919[19] – 30 Sep, 1919[20]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George H. Faulkner
Captain of H.M.S. Thruster
1 Oct, 1919[21][22] – 28 Jul, 1920[23]
Succeeded by
Ernest R. Archer
Preceded by
Henry E. Horan
Captain of H.M.S. Wessex
29 Jul, 1920[24][25] – 17 Apr, 1925[26]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
David J. R. Simson
Captain of H.M.S. Torch
1 May, 1928[27] – 14 Dec, 1928[28]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 902.
  3. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 898.
  5. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  7. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  8. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  9. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  10. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392g.
  12. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  13. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
  15. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  16. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 902.
  18. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  19. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  20. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  21. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  22. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 873.
  23. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  24. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
  26. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  27. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  28. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363. The service record is obscured by an insert.


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