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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Archer Harry Bosanquet Bisset|Archie H. B. Bisset]]'''<br><small>as '''Captain of H.M. T.B. 49'''</small>|'''[[H.M. T.B. 49 (1885)|Captain of H.M. T.B. 049]]'''<br>Dec, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 401''a''}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Joseph Wilkinson|Joseph Wilkinson]]'''}}
 
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|Thomas C. C. Bolster]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Lightning (1895)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Lightning'']]'''<br>5 Dec, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 348}}|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
 
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Revision as of 13:59, 6 February 2015

James Robert Carnegie Cavendish ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cavendish was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1907.[1]

Cavendish was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 049 in December, 1909.[2]

Cavendish was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 24 on 17 September, 1911.[3]

On 5 December, 1914, Cavendish was appointed in command of the destroyer Lightning.[4]

Cavendish commanded the destroyer Midge of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[5]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Scimitar on 21 October, 1918.[6]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Urchin on 15 July, 1920.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
The Hon. Guy Stopford
Captain of H.M. T.B. 105
20 Sep, 1909[8]
Succeeded by
Archibald R. J. Southby
Preceded by
Archie H. B. Bisset
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 49
Captain of H.M. T.B. 049
Dec, 1909[9]
Succeeded by
Joseph Wilkinson
Preceded by
Arthur M. Longmore
Captain of H.M. T.B. 24
17 Sep, 1911[10]
Succeeded by
James C. F. Lewis
Preceded by
Thomas C. C. Bolster
Captain of H.M.S. Lightning
5 Dec, 1914[11]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Hubert E. Gore-Langton
Captain of H.M.S. Midge
2 Aug, 1915[12]
Succeeded by
Henry Forrester
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Pellew
Jun, 1916[13]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Scimitar
21 Oct, 1918[14]
Succeeded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Witherington
21 Aug, 1919[15]
Succeeded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie
Preceded by
Herbert M. Hughes
Captain of H.M.S. Urchin
15 Jul, 1920[16]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 14.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 385.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 399.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 20 September, 1909. Issue 39069, col D, p. 5.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401a.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396a.
  13. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396h.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 901.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.