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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 11:55, 15 May 2014

Edward Brooke ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In March, 1911, Brooke was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 066.[1]

Brooke was appointed in command of the destroyer Sprightly on 7 April, 1914.[2]

Brooke was captain of the destroyer Lizard at the Battle of Jutland, where she operated as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla.[3]

Brooke survived the loss of the submarine Strongbow under his command on 17 October, 1917.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Robert Makin
Captain of H.M. T.B. 66
Mar, 1911[5] – ?
Succeeded by
Charles Ansell
Preceded by
Julian Harrison
Captain of H.M.S. Sprightly
7 Apr, 1914[6] – ?
Succeeded by
Frank C. Greenwood
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Captain of H.M.S. Lizard
1946 – ?
Succeeded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 7 March, 1911. Issue 39526, col E, p. 7.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 382.
  3. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
  4. Naval Operations. Vol. V. pp. 152-3.
  5. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 7 March, 1911. Issue 39526, col E, p. 7.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 382.