Maurice William Bailward
Commander (retired) Maurice William Bailward (17 May, 1893 – ) was an submarine commander in the Royal Navy. He would suffer a series of collisions and accidents to submarines under his command in the 1920s.
Life & Career
On 15 January, 1913, Bailward was made an acting Sub-Lieutenant.[1]
Bailward was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1915. Bailward commanded coastal submarines from January through November 1917 when he was briefly appointed in command of G 7 and then in command of G 14. He commanded her, first as part of the Tenth Submarine Flotilla, supporting the Grand Fleet until February 1918 when she transferred to the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, which was based on Portsmouth.
Finally, at the end of the war, he was appointed in command of E 39.
Bailward was appointed in command of the submarine L 52 in March, 1920.[2]
Bailward was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1923. A stint in command of L 25 from February 1924 ended with a Court Martial resulting in a reprimand for negligently stranding the vessel. He was appointed to command L 16 and ran her into a lock entrance at Portsmouth, for which he was blamed for not having allowed sufficient distance from the Dock.
On 29 April 1925 the Admiralty faulted him with having maintained an insufficient look-out when L 1 collided with a Chinese junk.
Bailward was appointed in command of H.M.S. Hornet, the former C.M.B. 102 which was now a C.M.B. base at Haslar, on 15 January, 1931. He revered to General Service (as opposed to submarine service) in 1935.
Bailward was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 17 May, 1935.
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Richard I. Pulleyne |
Captain of H.M.S. C 6 6 Jan, 1917 – 16 Jan, 1917 |
Succeeded by Robert C. T. Roe |
| Preceded by Oswald E. Hallifax |
Captain of H.M.S. B 5 16 Jan, 1917 – 14 Nov, 1917 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Geoffrey Warburton |
Captain of H.M.S. G 7 14 Nov, 1917 – 21 Nov, 1917 |
Succeeded by Charles A. C. Russell |
| Preceded by Andrew Wilmot-Smith |
Captain of H.M.S. G 14 21 Nov, 1917 – 26 Sep, 1918 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Frederick C. C. Kennedy |
Captain of H.M.S. E 39 26 Sep, 1918 – 31 Oct, 1919 |
Succeeded by Victor C. Dorman-Smith |
| Preceded by Claud B. Barry |
Captain of H.M.S. R 12 31 Oct, 1919 – Mar, 1920[Inference] |
Succeeded by Vivian R. S. Bowlby |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. L 52 Mar, 1920[3] |
Succeeded by Leslie H. Ashmore |
| Preceded by Edward M. C. Barraclough |
Captain of H.M.S. L 25 4 Feb, 1924 – 23 Apr, 1924 |
Succeeded by Colin Mayers |
| Preceded by John H. Owen |
Captain of H.M.S. L 16 23 Apr, 1924[4] – 29 Aug, 1924 |
Succeeded by Claud B. Barry |
| Preceded by Henry G. Higgins |
Captain of H.M.S. L 1 19 Nov, 1924[5] – Oct, 1926 |
Succeeded by Jocelyn S. Bethell |
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