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Douglas was born in Portsmouth the son of Staff Captain A. G. Douglas, Royal Navy.  He gained two months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in September 1900.  His first naval appointment was to {{UK-Diadem}} in the [[Channel Squadron]].<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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Douglas was born in Portsmouth the son of Staff Captain A. G. Douglas, Royal Navy.  He gained two months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in September 1900 and was rated a {{MidRN}} without examination on 15 November, 1900.  His first naval appointment was to {{UK-Diadem}} in the [[Channel Squadron]], lasting until the end of May 1901.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
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Douglas was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1906.  His first ship command was to prove extensive:  he was appointed Lieutenant in Command of {{UK-TB110}} in August 1906 and remain over three years.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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Douglas obtained a second-class certificate in gunnery in January, 1905 and one in Torpedoes the following month.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1906.  His first ship command was to prove extensive:  he was appointed Lieutenant in Command of {{UK-TB110}} in August 1906 and remain over three years.  He was appointed to the {{UK-Powerful|f=t}} on the Australian station in 1909.  Described as "strictly temperate, intelligent & zealous", Douglas was recommended by Captain [[Edward Francis Bruen|Bruen]] in January, 1912.  In mid-April, he was appointed as first officer in {{UK-Pathfinder}}.  After four months, he was sent to the {{UK-1Duncan|f=t}} of the {{UK-BS|4}}.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
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On 7 November 1913 he was appointed to {{UK-Diamond}} as first and gunnery officer.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1914 and was still in ''Diamond'' when the war broke out.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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On 7 November 1913 he was appointed to {{UK-1Diamond}} as first and gunnery officer.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1914 and was still in ''Diamond'' when the war broke out.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
 
On 20 February, 1916 he was ordered to report to the Admiralty and on 5 March it was decided that he would go and oversee completion of the new {{UK-Nepean|f=c}}, to assume command upon her commissioning.  He almost immediately exchanged command of the new ship with [[Geoffrey Mackworth]], taking command of Mackworth's {{UK-Ferret|f=c}}.  His time here extended to November, 1916 and it was planned that he would help complete and commission {{UK-Sable}}, but this was altered to {{UK-Rival}}, dated 5 November.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
 
On 20 February, 1916 he was ordered to report to the Admiralty and on 5 March it was decided that he would go and oversee completion of the new {{UK-Nepean|f=c}}, to assume command upon her commissioning.  He almost immediately exchanged command of the new ship with [[Geoffrey Mackworth]], taking command of Mackworth's {{UK-Ferret|f=c}}.  His time here extended to November, 1916 and it was planned that he would help complete and commission {{UK-Sable}}, but this was altered to {{UK-Rival}}, dated 5 November.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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Douglas completed a [[Torpedo Control]] course at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} on 23 February, 1917.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
 
Douglas completed a [[Torpedo Control]] course at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} on 23 February, 1917.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
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Douglas commanded {{UK-Rival}} until 15 May, 1918.  On the 19th, he commenced a short period in temporary command of {{UK-Osiris}}, whose captain [[Charles Maurice Blackman]] was battling the flu.  This work done, Douglas was appointed in command of the {{UK-Woolston|f=t}} on 8 June, 1918 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1918.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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Douglas commanded {{UK-Rival}} until 15 May, 1918.  On the 19th, he commenced a short period in temporary command of {{UK-1Osiris}}, whose captain [[Charles Maurice Blackman]] was battling the flu.  This work done, Douglas was appointed in command of the {{UK-Woolston|f=t}} on 8 June, 1918 and was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1918.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
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==Post-War==
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After qualifying in a course at the [[Chatham Anti-Gas School (Royal Navy)|Chatham Anti-Gas School]] in May 1920, Douglas spent two years in command of the {{UK-Wryneck|f=t}} before being superseded in August 1922.
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On 6 August, 1920, Douglas was appointed in command of the {{UK-Wryneck|f=t}}.{{NLJan21|p. 902-945}}
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On 22 April, 1925 Douglas was appointed to the {{UK-1Ajax|f=tp}} as executive officer, vice Nicholson.  He suffered a septic wound on his hand in late April to early May, 1926.  At some point in 1926, possibly 30 May, he was appointed in command of {{UK-1Ajax}} until the end of November.  He took some unpaid time, and in April 1927 undertook an appointment at Devonport as Drafting Commander, vice Shelley.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
 
On 22 April, 1925 Douglas was appointed to the {{UK-1Ajax|f=tp}} as executive officer, vice Nicholson.  He suffered a septic wound on his hand in late April to early May, 1926.  At some point in 1926, possibly 30 May, he was appointed in command of {{UK-1Ajax}} until the end of November.  He took some unpaid time, and in April 1927 undertook an appointment at Devonport as Drafting Commander, vice Shelley.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
  
 
Douglas was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 2 March, 1930.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
 
Douglas was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 2 March, 1930.<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>
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Douglas died at age 49 from pneumonia at Dunoon, Scotland, where he is buried.<ref>Email from grandson Neal Alexander Sholto Douglas to Tone, 20180626.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Owen Tudor|Edward O. Tudor]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Rival (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Rival'']]'''<br>15 Nov, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''n''}} &ndash; 15 May, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ernest Leslie Cardale|Ernest L. Cardale]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Owen Tudor|Edward O. Tudor]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Rival (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Rival'']]'''<br>15 Nov, 1916<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 397''n''}} &ndash; 15 May, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Bryan Fullerton Adams|Bryan F. Adams]]'''}}
 
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles Maurice Blackman|Charles M. Blackman]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Osiris (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Osiris'']]'''<br>19 May, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref> &ndash; 5 Jun, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edmund Johnstone|Edmund Johnstone]]'''}}
 
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles Maurice Blackman|Charles M. Blackman]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Osiris (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Osiris'']]'''<br>19 May, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref> &ndash; 5 Jun, 1918<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/173.|D7604271}} f. 93.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edmund Johnstone|Edmund Johnstone]]'''}}
 
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Captain (retired) Alexander Sholto Douglas (23 January, 1884 – 7 July, 1934) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Douglas was born in Portsmouth the son of Staff Captain A. G. Douglas, Royal Navy. He gained two months' time on passing out of Britannia in September 1900 and was rated a Midshipman without examination on 15 November, 1900. His first naval appointment was to Diadem in the Channel Squadron, lasting until the end of May 1901.[1]

Douglas obtained a second-class certificate in gunnery in January, 1905 and one in Torpedoes the following month. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1906. His first ship command was to prove extensive: he was appointed Lieutenant in Command of T.B. 110 in August 1906 and remain over three years. He was appointed to the first class protected cruiser Powerful on the Australian station in 1909. Described as "strictly temperate, intelligent & zealous", Douglas was recommended by Captain Bruen in January, 1912. In mid-April, he was appointed as first officer in Pathfinder. After four months, he was sent to the pre-dreadnought Duncan of the Fourth Battle Squadron.[2]

On 7 November 1913 he was appointed to Diamond as first and gunnery officer. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1914 and was still in Diamond when the war broke out.[3]

On 20 February, 1916 he was ordered to report to the Admiralty and on 5 March it was decided that he would go and oversee completion of the new "M" Class destroyer Nepean, to assume command upon her commissioning. He almost immediately exchanged command of the new ship with Geoffrey Mackworth, taking command of Mackworth's Acheron Class destroyer Ferret. His time here extended to November, 1916 and it was planned that he would help complete and commission Sable, but this was altered to Rival, dated 5 November.[4]

Douglas completed a Torpedo Control course at H.M.S. Vernon on 23 February, 1917.[5]

Douglas commanded Rival until 15 May, 1918. On the 19th, he commenced a short period in temporary command of Osiris, whose captain Charles Maurice Blackman was battling the flu. This work done, Douglas was appointed in command of the destroyer Woolston on 8 June, 1918 and was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[6]

After qualifying in a course at the Chatham Anti-Gas School in May 1920, Douglas spent two years in command of the destroyer Wryneck before being superseded in August 1922.

On 22 April, 1925 Douglas was appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Ajax as executive officer, vice Nicholson. He suffered a septic wound on his hand in late April to early May, 1926. At some point in 1926, possibly 30 May, he was appointed in command of Ajax until the end of November. He took some unpaid time, and in April 1927 undertook an appointment at Devonport as Drafting Commander, vice Shelley.[7]

Douglas was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 2 March, 1930.[8]

Douglas died at age 49 from pneumonia at Dunoon, Scotland, where he is buried.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Nepean
5 Mar, 1906[10] – Mar, 1916[11] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey Mackworth
Preceded by
Malcolm Murray 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 110
13 Aug, 1906[12][13] – 5 Nov, 1909[14] 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Poignand
Preceded by
Geoffrey Mackworth 		Captain of H.M.S. Ferret
Mar, 1916[15] – 5 Nov, 1916[16] 		Succeeded by
Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier
Preceded by
Edward O. Tudor 		Captain of H.M.S. Rival
15 Nov, 1916[17][18] – 15 May, 1918[19] 		Succeeded by
Bryan F. Adams
Preceded by
Charles M. Blackman 		Captain of H.M.S. Osiris
19 May, 1918[20] – 5 Jun, 1918[21] 		Succeeded by
Edmund Johnstone
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Woolston
8 Jun, 1918[22][23] – 22 May, 1919[24] 		Succeeded by
Desmond Maxwell
Preceded by
Robert L. Alexander 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 25
22 May, 1919[25] – 22 Oct, 1919[26] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ralph V. Eyre 		Captain of H.M.S. Wryneck
6 Aug, 1920[27][28] – 17 Aug, 1922[29] 		Succeeded by
Philip G. Wodehouse
Preceded by
Arthur L. Snagge 		Captain of H.M.S. Ajax
30 May, 1926[30][Fact Check] – 16 Nov, 1926[31] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  2. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  3. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  4. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  5. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  6. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  7. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  8. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  9. ↑ Email from grandson Neal Alexander Sholto Douglas to Tone, 20180626.
  10. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  11. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  12. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 400.
  14. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394l.
  16. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  17. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397n.
  19. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  20. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  21. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  22. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 945.
  24. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  25. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  26. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  27. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 902-945.
  29. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.
  30. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93. The month may be read wrong here.
  31. ↑ Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/173. f. 93.

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