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Dobson was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 March, 1906.{{NLMar13|p. 22}}  After appointments in {{UK-Niobe}}, {{UK-Vengeance}} and {{UK-Illustrious}}, he was appointed to ''Mercury'' for instruction in submarines.<ref>Dobson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 9.</ref>
  
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Revision as of 18:25, 10 May 2015

Rear-Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson, D.S.O., V.C., (1 January, 1885 – 26 June, 1946) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March, 1906.[1] After appointments in Niobe, Vengeance and Illustrious, he was appointed to Mercury for instruction in submarines.[2]

He was appointed to Monarch on 27 March, 1912.[3]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March, 1914.[4]

Dobson was appointed in command of the submarine C 27 on 7 April, 1914.[5] On 20 July, 1915, C 27 sank U 23 off Fair Island.[6][7]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[8] He then started to work with small torpedo craft, and was awarded the Victoria Cross in recognition that on 18 August, 1919 his C.M.B. 31BD 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.[9]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1925.[10]

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

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

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 July, 1936.[11]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. A 7
1 May, 1909[12]
Succeeded by
Reginald B. Darke
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. B 10
1 Mar, 1910[13]
Succeeded by
Samuel M. G. Gravener
Preceded by
Henry H. G. D. Stoker
Captain of H.M.S. B 5
25 Jul, 1911[14][15]
Succeeded by
Rowland K. C. Pope
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. White
Captain of H.M.S. C 27
7 Apr, 1914[16] – after 20 Jul, 1915[17]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James W. Murray
Captain of H.M.S. Colombo
Oct, 1927[18]
Succeeded by
Aubrey T. Tillard
Preceded by
Cecil N. Reyne
Captain of H.M.S. Cambrian
Oct, 1931[19]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

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

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