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Revision as of 09:59, 16 June 2017

Commander (retired) Francis George Crawshay Coates, D.S.O. (23 March, 1878 – 26 April, 1950) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Coates gained eight months' time on passing out of Britannia.[1]

Coates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1900.[2]

Coates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1908.[3]

Coates was appointed in command of the destroyer Sandfly on 4 December, 1911.[4]

Post-War

Coates was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 23 March, 1921.[5]

World War II

Appointed to St. Angelo as Assistant to Contraband Control Service Officer, Malta on 10 November 1939. On 24 July 1942, appointed to Afrikander IV, additional, for duty with Transit Pool at Royal Navy Camp Pietermoritzberg, temporary. On 26 November, 1942, Coates was appointed to Shrapnel, additional, for command of W/T Mechanic Trainees at Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, additional and vice Leach. This appointment was terminated in mid June 1945, and Coates reverted to the Retired List.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Leonard A. B. Donaldson 		Captain of H.M.S. Speedy
1 Jan, 1910[7][8] – 2 Jan, 1911[9] 		Succeeded by
Claude L. Cumberlege
Preceded by
Gilbert C. Heathcote 		Captain of H.M.S. Jason
2 Jan, 1911[10][11] – 4 Dec, 1911[12] 		Succeeded by
Percy G. Brown
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Sandfly
4 Dec, 1911[13][14] – 5 Feb, 1916[15] 		Succeeded by
Henry R. James
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Lobelia
6 Mar, 1916[16][17] – 29 May, 1918[18] 		Succeeded by
Percival S. Ram

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  3. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 379.
  5. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  6. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  7. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 377.
  9. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  10. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 334.
  12. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  13. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397v.
  15. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485. Day of month could also be 3.
  16. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395f.
  18. ↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.

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