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Revision as of 15:17, 13 November 2014

Edwin Anderson Homan ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Homan was appointed in command of the destroyer Basilisk on 13 June, 1912.[1]

On 20 November, 1914, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Savage.[2]

Homan commanded the destroyer Mary Rose as she operated with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[3]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Waterhen on 14 June, 1918.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Basilisk
13 Jun, 1912[5]
Succeeded by
Henry Haire-Forster
Preceded by
Henry Haire-Forster
Captain of H.M.S. Savage
20 Nov, 1914[6]
Succeeded by
Ralph Neville
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Mary Rose
before 31 May, 1916[7]
Succeeded by
Reginald Watkins Grubb
Preceded by
Reginald W. Grubb
Captain of H.M.S. Marvel
25 Aug, 1916[8]
Succeeded by
Walter H. G. Fallowfield
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Waterhen
14 Jun, 1918[9]
Succeeded by
Philip G. Wodehouse

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 284.
  2. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 379a.
  3. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 280.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397w.
  7. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 898.