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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Francis Thomas Butler Tower''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{ViceRN}} {{SIR}} '''Francis Thomas Butler Tower''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
Tower was Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Barham (1914)|H.M.S. ''Barham'']] from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.
 
Tower was Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Barham (1914)|H.M.S. ''Barham'']] from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Hood|f=t}} on 30 August, 1933.{{TaylorHood|p. 230}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 12:45, 18 October 2012

Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Tower was Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.

Bibliography

  • "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.

Service Record


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