Frederick Thurston Stringer

Lieutenant Frederick Thurston Stringer (2 August, 1890 – 26 March, 1919) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Colonel J. Stringer was born in Tewkesbury.

It appears that Stringer entered Royal Naval College, Dartmouth directly – part of the Royal Navy's transition from training new cadets in H.M.S. Britannia as the new scheme was being primed.^{[Fact Check]}

Stringer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1913. He served in Crusader that year and was was appointed to Amethyst on 6 October, 1913.

String spent most of the war in the light cruiser Inconstant, appointed to her from 22 November 1914 through 12 May, 1918. In this appointment, he was at the Battle of Jutland as Inconstant operated with the First Light Cruiser Squadron.

Stringer was appointed in command of the destroyer Wear on 14 May, 1918. He commanded her into February, 1919 and then was appointed to command the new destroyer Saladin. However, he was suffering from influenza at the time and was superseded on 23 March. He would die three days later at the Duke of Cornwall's Hotel in Plymouth of heart failure and pneumonia.

See Also

• Service Records
• First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Charles K. Adam	Captain of H.M.S. Wear 14 May, 1918 – 13 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Vessel Decommissioned
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Saladin 13 Feb, 1919 – 23 Mar, 1919	Succeeded by Geoffrey Corlett