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Johnson was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1909.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/29 no. 28325.  p. 29.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>
 
Johnson was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1909.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28325/pages/29 no. 28325.  p. 29.]  4 January, 1910.</ref>
  
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Drake|f=t}} in November 1911.{{MackieRNW}}  In December 1912, he assumed command of the {{UK-Minerva|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}}
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Drake|f=t}} in November 1911.{{MackieRNW}}  On 10 December 1912, he assumed command of the {{UK-Minerva|f=t}},
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becoming Captain (D) of {{UK-DF|6}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 344.</ref>
  
 
In August 1913, he assumed command of the {{UK-Dido|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}}
 
In August 1913, he assumed command of the {{UK-Dido|f=t}}.{{MackieRNW}}

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Vice-Admiral Charles Duncan Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O., Royal Navy (26 March, 1869 – 26 June, 1930) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1892.[1]

Captain

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1909.[2]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Drake in November 1911.[3] On 10 December 1912, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Minerva, becoming Captain (D) of Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[4]

In August 1913, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Dido.[5]

He was appointed in command of Attentive on 29 August, 1913. By April 1914, if not sooner, he was Captain (D) of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

By November, 1915, he was Commodore of the Dover Patrol, flying his broad pendant in Attentive under Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon. At the same time, he was Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk.[7]

He was appointed command of Marlborough on 25 October, 1918.[8]

Johnson was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 29 January, 1920.[9]

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 March, 1926 and placed on the Retired List on 2 March.[10] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1930.[11]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26239. p. 3. 1 January, 1892.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 28325. p. 29. 4 January, 1910.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 344.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 282.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 4.
  8. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 842.
  9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 33604. p. 2867. 9 May, 1930.

Naval Appointments
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