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Revision as of 12:36, 19 May 2014

Frederick Avenel Sommerville ( – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Sommerville was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 33 on 18 June, 1903, for manoeuvres.[1]

On 28 October, 1918, Sommerville was appointed in command of the depot ship Titania and in command of a submarine flotilla.[2]

Sommerville was appointed in command of the battleship Emperor of India in May, 1929.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in 1930.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Reginald H. S. Bacon
Captain of H.M. T.B. 33
18 Jun, 1903[5] – ?
Succeeded by
Frederic Giffard
Preceded by
Charles J. C. Little
Captain of H.M.S. D 1
4 Feb, 1911[6] – ?
Succeeded by
Archibald D. Cochrane
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. D 3
15 May, 1911[7] – ?
Succeeded by
Francis H. H. Goodhart
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Adamant
27 Apr, 1912[8] – ?
Succeeded by
Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Titania
28 Oct, 1918[9] – ?
Succeeded by
Charles S. Benning
Preceded by
William F. Sells
Captain of H.M.S. Emperor of India
May, 1929[10] – ?
Succeeded by
George W. Taylor
Preceded by
Alfred H. Norman
Captain of H.M.S. Valiant
1930[11] – ?
Succeeded by
Charles A. Robertson-Scott

Footnotes

  1. Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48 f. 10.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48 f. 10.
  6. Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10
  7. Sommerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/10
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 273.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 920a.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.