Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon
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Jump to navigationJump to searchHerbert Inglis Nigel Lyon ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Lyon commanded the destroyer Nonsuch at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[1]
Lyon was later made captain of the destroyer Marmion, as she was lost under his command on 21 Oct, 1917.[2][3]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Robert W. Richardson |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99 24 Jan, 1907[4] – 1909 |
Succeeded by Lionel G. Preston |
Preceded by Cecil M. Queripel |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 85 2 Jun, 1908[5] |
Succeeded by Reginald A. Yonge |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Nonsuch 11 Feb, 1916[6] – late May, 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Geoffrey W. Walker-Jones |
Preceded by Edward Brooke |
Captain of H.M.S. Marmion 25 May, 1917[7] – 21 Oct, 1917[8] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
- ↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 401a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395o.
- ↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.