Charles Hope Dundas
From The Dreadnought Project
Admiral SIR Charles Hope Dundas, Twenty-Eighth Chief of Dundas, K.C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (9 August, 1859 – 1 July, 1924) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Dundas succeeded Rear-Admiral William L. Grant as Rear-Admiral for Special Service with Prince Louis of Battenberg, Vice-Admiral Commanding the Third and Fourth Divisions of the Home Fleet. He hoisted his flag in the Africa at Sheerness on 2 November, 1911, and transferred it the following day to the Home Fleet offices ashore.[1] During the manœuvres of 1913 he served as Second-in-Command of the Seventh Battle Squadron to Vice-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson. he hoisted his flag in the Prince George on 7 July.[2]
Promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 January, 1916.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 November, 1911. Issue 39732, col C, pg. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 June, 1912. Issue 39927, col C, pg. 6.
Bibliography
- Dundas of Dundas, Admiral Sir Charles (1922). An Admiral's Yarns: Stray Memories of 50 Years. London: Herbert Jenkins, Ltd..
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
