Geoffrey Howard Barnish

Captain R.N.R. (retired) Geoffrey Howard Barnish, D.S.O., R.D., (13 January, 1887 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Born in Wigan. In his civilian career, Barnish sailed in Lusitania and Carpathia. Barnish was captain of the {{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|c}}|"C" Class destroyer |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|c}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|"C" Class destroyer ||{{#pos:t|c}}|}}}}{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|t}}|destroyer |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|t}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|destroyer ||{{#pos:t|t}}|}}}}[[{{#if:H.M.S.|H.M.S. Fairy (1897)|Fairy (1897)}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|p}}|H.M.S. |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|p}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|H.M.S. ||{{#pos:t|p}}|}}}}Fairy]] on 31 May, 1918 when she rammed and fired upon {{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:|c}}|UC II Type submarine |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:|c}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|UC II Type submarine ||{{#pos:|c}}|}}}}{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:|t}}|submarine |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:|t}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|submarine ||{{#pos:|t}}|}}}}[[{{#if:S.M.S.|S.M.S. UC 75 (1916)|UC 75 (1916)}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:|p}}|S.M.S. |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:|p}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|S.M.S. ||{{#pos:|p}}|}}}}UC 75]], causing her loss.{{#if:p. 62|<ref>Smith. Hard Lying. p. 62.</ref>|Smith, Peter. (1971). Hard Lying: The Birth of the Destroyer, 1893-1913. Chatham: W & J Mackay Ltd. ISBN 087021828X.}}

He was appointed in command of the {{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|c}}|River Class destroyer |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|c}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|River Class destroyer ||{{#pos:t|c}}|}}}}{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|t}}|destroyer |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|t}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|destroyer ||{{#pos:t|t}}|}}}}[[{{#if:H.M.S.|H.M.S. Garry (1905)|Garry (1905)}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:|eq|p1|p2}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#ifeq:{{#pos:t|p}}|H.M.S. |p1|p2}}||}}|{{safesubst:{{safesubst:#switch:{{safesubst:#if:{{#pos:t|p}}|p1|p2}}|p1=p1|p2={{safesubst:#ifeq:|error|{{safesubst:#ifeq:||p2|p3}}|p2}}|if/errmsg}}|H.M.S. ||{{#pos:t|p}}|}}}}Garry]] on 25 July, 1918.{{#if:p. 799|<ref>The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 799.</ref>|Admiralty. The Navy List. (February, 1919). Copy on Archive.org.}}

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Harry C. Birnie	Captain of H.M.S. Fairy 6 Feb, 1918 – 31 May, 1918{{#if:p. 134|<ref>Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 134.</ref>|Hepper, David J. (2006). British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. Chatham Publishing. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).}}	Succeeded by Vessel Lost
Preceded by Arthur H. Hignett	Captain of H.M.S. Bat 1 Jul, 1918 – 31 Jul, 1918	Succeeded by Francis G. Spriddell
Preceded by Charles H. Lightoller	Captain of H.M.S. Garry 25 Jul, 1918{{#if:p. 799|<ref>The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 799.</ref>|Admiralty. The Navy List. (February, 1919). Copy on Archive.org.}} – 3 Jun, 1919	Succeeded by Terence A. F. Longford

Footnotes

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