Charles Frederick Corbett

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Admiral Charles F. Corbett as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1729).

Admiral Charles Frederick Corbett, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (21 November, 1867 – 29 January, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Corbett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1891.[1]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Janus on 25 August, 1899.[2]

Corbett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June 1907.[3]

Corbett was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Blake on 25 June, 1908.[4]

On 16 September 1911, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Flora, recommissioning her at Colombo for service with the China Station.[5]

Corbett was appointed in command of the battleship Glory on 1 August, 1914.[6]

He was to become Captain of the battleship Jupiter on 16 March, 1916.[7]

Corbett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1919, vice Oliver.[8] He was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Rosyth Reserve on 1 May, 1919.[9] He was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, dated 14 October, 1922.[10]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924.[11] He was advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 22 February, 1928.[12]

See Also

Bibliography

"Adml. Charles Corbett" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1955. Issue 53153, col E, p. 8.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Janus
25 Aug, 1899[13] 		Succeeded by
George A. Ballard
Preceded by
Charles P. R. Coode 		Captain of H.M.S. Redpole
1 Jan, 1900[14] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Adventure
9 Nov, 1905[15] – 1907 		Succeeded by
Arthur A. M. Duff
Preceded by
John S. Luard 		Captain of H.M.S. Blake
25 Jun, 1908[16] 		Succeeded by
Harry L. d'E. Skipwith
Preceded by
John Nicholas 		Captain of H.M.S. Flora
16 Sep, 1911[17] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Guy L. Sclater 		Captain of H.M.S. Glory
1 Aug, 1914[18] 		Succeeded by
William F. Blunt
Preceded by
William F. Blunt 		Captain of H.M.S. Jupiter
16 Mar, 1916[19] – late Jan, 1917 		Succeeded by
Montague R. Bernard
Preceded by
John de M. Hutchison
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport 		Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport
1 Jan, 1917[20] 		Succeeded by
Edward Reeves
Preceded by
Sir Trevylyan D. W. Napier
as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Rosyth Reserve 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Rosyth Reserve
1 May, 1919[21] 		Succeeded by
Crawford Maclachlan

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26121. p. 4. 2 January, 1891.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 17.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 285.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 313-5.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 323.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395o-p.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 364. 7 January, 1919.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 694.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32761. p. 7535. 27 October, 1922.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33362. p. 1494. 2 March, 1928.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 297a.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 272.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 284.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 315.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394i.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395o-p.
  20. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 694.

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