Somerville Peregrine Brownlow Russell

Captain Somerville Peregrine Brownlow Russell, R.N., Retired (10 July, 1883 – 1946) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Russell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1905.

Russell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1913.

Great War

Russell was appointed in command of the destroyer Otter on the 7 November, 1914.

Russell was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917. In July 1918, Captain Dutton evaluated him as a "somewhat mediocre officer of little personality."

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Tintagel on 24 October, 1918.

Post-War

In February of 1919, Captain Godfrey said he was a "good divisional commander" with other good qualities, but Captain Rowley-Conwy said that he had "not a very high opinion of [Russell]", because "Tintagel was not entirely to my liking." On 29 April, 1919, Russell was appointed in command of the destroyer Venomous.

On 8 January, 1922, Russell was appointed to Hecla, additional, to take command of a group of destroyers in reserve.

Russell was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 January, 1923 and promoted to the rank of Captain on the Retired List upon reaching 45 years of age on 10 July, 1928.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by The Hon. Guy Stopford	Captain of H.M.S. Teal 6 Dec, 1913 – 7 Nov, 1914	Succeeded by Sidney Hall
Preceded by Ennis T. R. Chambers	Captain of H.M.S. Otter 7 Nov, 1914 – 17 Jul, 1915	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Harold F. B. Handley	Captain of H.M.S. Virago 17 Jul, 1915 – 4 Oct, 1915	Succeeded by Wesson C. H. Jones
Preceded by Edward S. Graham	Captain of H.M.S. Ure 17 Feb, 1916 – 5 Dec, 1916	Succeeded by Frederick R. M. Johnson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Pylades 14 Dec, 1916 – 26 Nov, 1917	Succeeded by Henry A. Binmore
Preceded by Henry A. Binmore	Captain of H.M.S. Wakeful 26 Nov, 1917 – 19 Jul, 1918	Succeeded by Algernon E. P. Lyons
Preceded by Maurice C. Bomford	Captain of H.M.S. Peregrine 19 Jul, 1918 – 24 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by George S. Brown
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Tintagel 24 Oct, 1918 – 24 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by Malcolm Murray
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Venomous 24 Apr, 1919 – May, 1921	Succeeded by Lewes G. Gardner