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Revision as of 10:03, 11 May 2014

Captain Denis Granville Thynne, C.M.G., Royal Navy (17 October, 1875 – 18 December, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 10 November, 1913, Thynne was appointed in command of Lark.[1]

While in Agincourt, Thynne had a pet bull terrier named "Nick".

"For valuable services in command of a Minelayer for eighteen months," he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 24 March, 1919.[2]

On 13 January, 1920, Thynne was appointed in command of the depot ship Woolwich in Devonport, recommissioning her there on the 3rd of February and becoming Captain (D) of a flotilla.[3]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 337.
  2. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31248. p. 3859. 24 March, 1919.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1921). pp. 901, 902-945.

Bibliography

Service Record


Naval Appointments
Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Lark
10 Nov, 1913 – ?
Succeeded by
Charles E. H. White
Preceded by
Harold E. Sulivan
Captain of H.M.S. Woolwich
13 Jan, 1920 – ?
Succeeded by
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