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He was appointed to command the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} on 11 February, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916). p. 398''v''.</ref> | He was appointed to command the battleship {{UK-Venerable}} on 11 February, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916). p. 398''v''.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:43, 6 August 2013
Vice-Admiral Francis Wade Caulfeild was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Caufeild was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.
Caulfeild was appointed in command of the Hyacinth in January 1912.[1]
Caulfeild was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Fox on 7 October 1912.[2] He played a leading role in the unsuccessful British/Indian landing and battle at Tanga in German East Africa in early November, 1914.
He was appointed to command the battleship Venerable on 11 February, 1916.[3]
He was appointed to command the battleship Britannia on 19 April, 1917.[4]
Caulfield was appointed in command of Temeraire on 13 February, 1919.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 317.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398v.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 391x.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (August, 1919). p. 915.
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