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'''Claude Congreve Dobson''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} '''Claude Congreve Dobson''', D.S.O., V.C., ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Dobson was appointed in command of the {{UK-C27|f=t}} on 7 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1914) p. 396.</ref> On 20 July, 1915, {{UK-C27}} sank {{DE-U23}} off Fair Island.{{UKTHVol3Part21|p. 5}}{{UKTH1|p. 13}}
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Dobson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 March, 1906, and appointed to {{UK-Monarch}} on 27 March, 1912.{{NLMar13|pp. 22, 346}}
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Dobson was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 346''c''}}  He then started to work with small torpedo craft, and was awarded the Victoria Cross in recognition that on 18 August, 1919 his {{UK-CMB31BD}} scored two torpedo hits on a Russian battleship in Kronstadt harbour. 
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Revision as of 13:28, 21 September 2014

Rear-Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson, D.S.O., V.C., ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March, 1906, and appointed to Monarch on 27 March, 1912.[1]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March, 1914.[2]

Dobson was appointed in command of the submarine C 27 on 7 April, 1914.[3] On 20 July, 1915, C 27 sank U 23 off Fair Island.[4][5]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[6] He then started to work with small torpedo craft, and was awarded the Victoria Cross in recognition that on 18 August, 1919 his Template:UK-CMB31BD scored two torpedo hits on a Russian battleship in Kronstadt harbour.

On the strength of this success, Dobson was appointed to Osea for command of a C.M.B. flotilla on 18 December, 1919.[7]

Dobson was appointed in command of the light cruiser Colombo in October, 1927.[8]

In October, 1931, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cambrian.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. B 10
1 Mar, 1910[10]
Succeeded by
Samuel M. G. Gravener
Preceded by
Henry H. G. D. Stoker
Captain of H.M.S. B 5
25 Jul, 1911[11][12]
Succeeded by
Rowland K. C. Pope
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. White
Captain of H.M.S. C 27
7 Apr, 1914[13] – after 20 Jul, 1915[14]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James W. Murray
Captain of H.M.S. Colombo
Oct, 1927[15]
Succeeded by
Allan Poland
Preceded by
Richard H. O. Lane-Poole
Captain of H.M.S. Cambrian
Oct, 1931[16]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). pp. 22, 346.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 121.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396a.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
  5. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 346c.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 819-20.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 317.
  12. Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/15
  13. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 396.
  14. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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