Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke

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Commander Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke, R.N., Retired (20 September, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Yorke was appointed in command of the destroyer Skate on 2 July, 1917.[1]

Post-War

On 5 February, 1920, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Trinidad.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George F. Hole
Captain of H.M.S. Peterel
19 Feb, 1915[3] – late 1915[4][5]
Succeeded by
Alphonse M. Tulloch
Preceded by
Paul Whitfield
Captain of H.M.S. Tigress
11 Jun, 1916[6]
Succeeded by
Frank A. C. Baker
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Skate
2 Jul, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron
Preceded by
Edward T. Grayston
Captain of H.M.S. Cicala
2 Jul, 1919[8] – 22 Dec, 1919[9][10]
Succeeded by
Robert G. M. D. Hunt
Preceded by
Arthur R. Farquhar
Captain of H.M.S. Trinidad
5 Feb, 1920[11]
Succeeded by
Vernon Hammersley-Heenan
Preceded by
Henry M. Coombs
Captain of H.M.S. Vanessa
15 Dec, 1922[12]
Succeeded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396l.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398s.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  10. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 745.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.

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