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Revision as of 12:50, 22 October 2014

Captain Godfrey Herbert, D.S.O. (28 February, 1884 – 8 August, 1961) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Herbert was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1905.[1]

Herbert was appointed in command of the submarine C 30 in June, 1913.[2]

On 19 November, 1913, he was appointed to Maidstone to be Lieutenant aboard D 5.[3]

Promotion to Lieutenant-Commander followed on 31 December, 1913,[4] and on 25 March, 1914, Herbert was appointed to depot ship Adamant for command of submarine D 5.[5] He was to be one of only five of her crew to survive her mining on 3 November, 1914.[6]

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 13 September, 1915.[7]

On 29 January, 1917, he was in command of K 13 when she sank on a test dive. He was able to escape from the submarine – his second such bit of luck.

Herbert was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1917,[8] and on 3 July, he was appointed to Colleen, receiving ship in Queenstown, for general staff duties and coordination with the Americans, remaining there through the end of the war.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Theodore S. Brodie
Captain of H.M.S. C 36
before Feb, 1911[10]
Succeeded by
Donald I. McGillewie
Preceded by
Thomas F. Besant
Captain of H.M.S. C 30
Jun, 1913[11]
Succeeded by
Allan Poland
Preceded by
Thomas F. P. Calvert
Captain of H.M.S. D 5
25 Mar, 1914[12] – 3 Nov, 1914
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. K 13
? – 29 Jan, 1917
Succeeded by
Charles de Burgh
as Captain of H.M.S. K 22

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 39.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 343.
  4. The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 47.
  5. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 273.
  6. Wikipedia
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 757c.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 176c.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 759.
  10. Wikipedia page on Herbert
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
  12. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 273.