Harrington Douty Edwards

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 23:30, 13 October 2014 by Tone (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Lieutenant-Commander Harrington Douty Edwards, D.S.O., ( – 7 March, 1916) served in the Royal Navy as a submarine commander.

Life & Career

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1906.[1]

His early sea-going career started with service aboard pre-dreadnoughts. On 12 August, 1912, he was appointed to the destroyer Duncan.[2] On 13 June, 1913, he was appointed to the battleship Queen.[3]

He was appointed to the depot ship Vulcan for command of submarines on 2 September, 1914,[4] being immediately given charge of C 23.[5] Promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander followed on 30 October, 1914.[6]

Edwards perished along with his entire crew when his submarine, E 5 was lost on 7 March, 1916.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. C 30
1 Mar, 1910[8]
Succeeded by
Thomas F. Besant
Preceded by
Henry G. Higgins
Captain of H.M.S. C 23
2 Sep, 1914[9]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 31.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 306.
  3. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 363.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399g.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396a.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 191.
  7. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 184.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 395a.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396a.

Template:CatLieutenantCommander