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Captain Charles Austin Browne, R.N. (31 August, 1889 – 30 June, 1937) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born the son of a Reverend C. C. Browne in Guildford, Charles Browne entered the Royal Navy ranked 52nd in order of merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[1]

Browne was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1910.[2]

Browne was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1918.[3]

Browne was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1924.[4]

Browne was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1934. He died in mid-1937 while working up the new light cruiser Glasgow. The cause of death is not explained in his Service Record.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Assistant King's Harbour Master, Hong Kong
1925 – Sep, 1926 		Succeeded by
Christopher H. Philips
Preceded by
Maurice F. F. Wilson 		Squadron Navigating Officer, Second Cruiser Squadron
22 Apr, 1927[6][7] – 16 May, 1929[8] 		Succeeded by
Gerald Curteis
Preceded by
Kenneth H. L. MacKenzie 		Master of the Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet
16 Dec, 1930[9][10] – 15 Jun, 1932[11] 		Succeeded by
Gerald Curteis
Preceded by
Charles G. Stuart 		Captain of H.M.S. Curlew
23 Feb, 1932[12] – Jul, 1932[13] 		Succeeded by
Bertram C. Watson
Preceded by
Edward C. Denison 		Captain of H.M.S. Bideford
2 Feb, 1934[14] – 8 Nov, 1934 		Succeeded by
Douglas B. Fisher
Preceded by
James V. Creagh 		Senior Officer, Persian Gulf
17 May, 1934 – Oct, 1934 		Succeeded by
Douglas B. Fisher
Preceded by
Charles G. Stuart 		King's Harbour Master, Malta
Nov, 1934[15] – Nov, 1936[16] 		Succeeded by
Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow
1 Mar, 1937[17] – 30 Jun, 1937[18] 		Succeeded by
Frederic N. Attwood

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Cadetships in the Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 21, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37374.
  2. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  3. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  4. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  5. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  6. ↑ Browne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). pp. 228-9.
  8. ↑ Browne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 261.
  10. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  11. ↑ Curteis Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/6. f. 6.
  12. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  13. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 217.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  17. ↑ Browne Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/134. f. 492.
  18. ↑ Curteis Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/6. f. 6.

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