Ernest Orford Ballantyne
Commander Ernest Orford Ballantyne (21 February, 1876 – 13 January, 1915) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Dalkeith, Ballantyne gained ten months' time on passing out of Britannia in July 1892. His first appointment was to the second class battleship Camperdown in the Mediterranean. He was aboard when she collided with and sank the Mediterranean flagship, second class battleship H.M.S. Victoria on 22 June, 1893. On 14 July he was invalided from the ship with Mediterranean Fever. By August, he was ready for service, but this time in the Channel Squadron in the Royal Sovereign.
Ballantyne was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 June, 1898.
Ballantyne was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1910.
Ballatyne studied Italian in early 1914, and his appointments in command of Royal Arthur and Viknor had him as acting interpreter in that language.
Ballantyne was killed when Viknor disappeared on 13 January 1915, presumably mined or lost to a storm.[1]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Arthur H. Shirley |
Captain of H.M.S. Surly 16 Jul, 1901 – 15 Aug, 1901 |
Succeeded by William G. A. Kennedy |
| Preceded by George C. Hardy |
Captain of H.M.S. Royal Arthur 1 Jul, 1914 – 23 Nov, 1914 |
Succeeded by Adolphus H. Williamson |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Viknor 12 Nov, 1914[2] – 13 Jan, 1915[3] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. pp. 31, 32.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401v.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 13.
