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Revision as of 09:01, 11 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

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.

Bibliography

Service Records

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