Difference between revisions of "Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville"

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Vice-Admiral Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (7 September, 1863 – 24 March, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

In May 1915, Somerville was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Amphitrite.^[1]

In September 1915, he was made captain of the armoured cruiser King Alfred, remaining with her for about a year.^[2]

Somerville was murdered at his home, The Point House, Castletownshend, Co. Cork, on 24 March, 1936.

"Vice-Admiral Boyle Somerville" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 26 March, 1936. Issue 47333, col B, p. 16.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Hubert Grant-Dalton	Captain of H.M.S. Amphitrite May, 1915 – ?	Succeeded by Cyril Peel
Preceded by George P. W. Hope	Captain of H.M.S. King Alfred Sep, 1915 – ?	Succeeded by Frank O. Lewis
Preceded by John D. Kelly	Captain of H.M.S. Devonshire 20 Oct, 1916 – ?	Succeeded by George B. Powell

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