Hughes Campbell Lockyer
Captain Hughes Campbell Lockyer, C.B. (4 March, 1866 – 22 June, 1941) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Lockyer was awarded the Egyptian Medal in 1883. On 10 April, 1883, he was deprived of one month's time by the Captain Blackburne of H.M.S. Heroine for impertinence toward a naval instructor.
Lockyer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1899.[Citation needed]
He was promoted to the rank of Commander dated 31 December, 1902.[1]
Lockyer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.
He was appointed captain of H.M.S. Exmouth in December of 1912, remaining there until July 1913.
Lockyer was then appointed in command of the battleship Implacable on 21 August, 1913,[2] directing her while supporting shore bombardment activities off Gallipoli and the Straits in April and May, 1915.[3]
Appointed Commodore, Second Class for "special service" on 30 April, 1917, Lockyer was convicted in a Court Martial on 13 July, 1917 for being drunk aboard H.M.S. Mavis while serving as Commodore of a convoy she was escorting. He was severely reprimanded, dismissed the ship and informed that he would not be employed again.
He retired at his own request on 21 March, 1918.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Stuart Nicholson |
Captain of H.M.S. Exmouth Dec, 1912[4] |
Succeeded by Walter E. Woodward |
| Preceded by Gerald C. A. Marescaux |
Captain of H.M.S. Implacable 21 Aug, 1913[5] |
Succeeded by Hughes C. Lockyer |
| Preceded by Hughes C. Lockyer |
Captain of H.M.S. Implacable 31 Aug, 1916[6] – 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Bertram S. Evans |
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 334.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8440/335, Enclosure 3.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395i.
