John Walsh Carrington

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Vice-Admiral John Walsh Carrington, D.S.O., O.B.E., Royal Navy (5 January, 1879 – 15 November, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Carrington was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1912.[1]

Carrington served as Navigating Officer of King George V at the Battle of Jutland.

He was promoted to Captain on 31 December, 1917.

On 1 January, 1919, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Carlisle.[2]

On 2 December, 1924, Carrington became Captain in Command of Portsmouth Navigation School.[3]

He commanded Valiant from March 1927 until September 1928.[4]

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

Service Records

 

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 13.
  2. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
  3. Schofield. p. 192.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 752.
  6. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  7. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Day of month taken from successor's discharge date. Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.

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