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Revision as of 16:40, 10 May 2014

Rear-Admiral Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (5 June, 1875 – 23 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[1]

Great War

On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.[2]

He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Minotaur in December 1915,[3] staying there until given command of the Dreadnought on 1 December, 1916.[4]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Shannon on 7 February, 1918.[5]

Postwar

He was appointed Captain of the Portsmouth Navigation School on 1 February, 1919.[6]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 50.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 906a.
  6. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 25 August, 1956. Issue 53619, col A, p. 11.

Service Record


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