Robert Warren Johnson

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Captain Robert Warren Johnson, Royal Navy (10 May, 1868 – 22 September, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Johnson scored 1,362 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming first out of his batch of twenty.[1]

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1891.[2]

He married on 11 July, 1906, Grace Isobel, fourth daughter of the late Algernon Paley, and had two sons and one daughter.

In December 1913, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Europa[3] until being appointed to command the armoured cruiser Cressy in August 1914[4] and was lost in action September 22, when she was torpedoed in the North sea engagement.

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan
5 Jan, 1909 – ?
Succeeded by
Vernon H. S. Haggard
Preceded by
Gerald C. A. Marescaux
Captain of H.M.S. Europa
Dec, 1913 – ?
Succeeded by
Gerald W. Vivian
Preceded by
Herbert J. T. Marshall
Captain of H.M.S. Cressy
Aug, 1914 – ?
Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, p. 8.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26149. p. 1870. 3 April, 1891.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


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