Ambrose Maynard Peck

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 16:33, 20 April 2016 by FredBot (Talk | contribs) (Update appts)

Jump to: navigation, search

Vice-Admiral Ambrose Maynard Peck, D.S.O., (24 October, 1877 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Commander Peck was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 114 on 24 January, 1912.[1]

Peck was promoted to the rank of Captain on 21 April, 1917.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Diana on 29 September, 1917.[2]

Curiously, Peck was also appointed in command of H.M.S. Swift on 1 October, 1917, remaining in her through the end of the war.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Benbow in April 1926.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Albert M. H. Phillips
Captain of H.M. T.B. 114
24 Jan, 1912[4]
Succeeded by
Hubert S. Monroe
Preceded by
Christopher Hornby
Captain of H.M.S. Recruit
14 Apr, 1913[5]
Succeeded by
Charles A. W. Wrightson
Preceded by
?
Captain of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla
14 Apr, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
John B. Sparks
as Captain (D), Nore Reserve Flotilla
Preceded by
Arthur J. Power
Captain of H.M.S. Eden
Sep, 1914[7]
Succeeded by
Alastair C. N. Farquhar
Preceded by
Robert H. Coppinger
Captain of H.M.S. Swift
29 Sep, 1916[8]
Succeeded by
Reginald T. Amedroz
Preceded by
George B. Hutton
Captain of H.M.S. Diana
29 Sep, 1917[9]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John M. Casement
Captain of H.M.S. Benbow
10 Apr, 1926[10][11]
Succeeded by
Alfred F. B. Carpenter

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 400.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 776.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912a.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 400.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 366.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 366.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393p.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 776.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Day of month taken from superseded predecessor. Casement Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 381.

Template:CatViceAdmiral