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Revision as of 19:53, 11 November 2014
Henry Taprell Dorling ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Dorling was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1904.[1]
Dorling was appointed in command of the destroyer Murray on 3 November, 1914.[2]
He wrote several books documenting his service, some in a fictionalized form, under the pen name of "Taffrail".
See Also
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Murray 3 Nov, 1914[3] |
Succeeded by Montague R. Bernard |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Telemachus 30 May, 1917[4] |
Succeeded by Richard Harter |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 359.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396dd.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
