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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Marmion (1915)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Marmion'']]'''<br>25 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''o''}} &ndash; 21 Oct, 1917<ref>Williams, M. W. ''HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55'' in ''Warship 1997-1998'', p. 159.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}
 
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Marmion (1915)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Marmion'']]'''<br>25 May, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 395''o''}} &ndash; 21 Oct, 1917<ref>Williams, M. W. ''HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55'' in ''Warship 1997-1998'', p. 159.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''Vessel Lost'''}}
 
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Revision as of 13:39, 10 May 2016

Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Lyon commanded the destroyer Nonsuch at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[1]

Lyon was later made captain of the destroyer Marmion, as she was lost under his command on 21 Oct, 1917.[2][3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99
24 Jan, 1907[4]
Succeeded by
Hubert W. D. Griffith
Preceded by
Cecil M. Queripel
Captain of H.M. T.B. 85
2 Jun, 1908[5]
Succeeded by
Reginald V. Holt
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Nonsuch
11 Feb, 1916[6] – late May, 1917[Inference]
Succeeded by
Geoffrey W. Walker-Jones
Preceded by
The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower
Captain of H.M.S. Marmion
25 May, 1917[7] – 21 Oct, 1917[8]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
  4. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 400.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 401.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396g.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395o.
  8. Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.