John Dreyer Shaw-Hamilton
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Jump to navigationJump to searchCommander John Dreyer Shaw-Hamilton, (21 January, 1904 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Shaw-Hamilton won the Ryder Memorial Prize of 1926.[1]
Shaw-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December, 1925.[2]
Shaw-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 December, 1933.[3]
Shaw-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1940.[4]
Shaw-Hamilton was appointed in command of the battleship Howe in December, 1943. He was superseded in command by Captain Henry William Urquhart McCall on 2 March, 1944.
Shaw-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1946.[5]
He retired from the navy on 7 January, 1956.[6]
See Also
Bibliography
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Hugh W. Faulkner |
Fleet Gunnery Officer, America and West Indies 25 Oct, 1934[7] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Kenneth Mackintosh |
Captain of H.M.S. Liverpool Oct, 1949[8] – Apr, 1951[9] |
Succeeded by John D. Luce |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Ryder Memorial Prize." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 26, 1926; pg. 8; Issue 44308.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 294.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.