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'''Mervyn Hugh Cobbe''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Mervyn Hugh Cobbe''' ( – 27 May, 1915) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Revision as of 14:10, 31 March 2015

Captain Mervyn Hugh Cobbe ( – 27 May, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cobbe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[1]

Cobbe was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Naiad on 11 February, 1914.[2]

Cobbe was killed when the minelayer Princess Irene exploded and sank near Sheerness when being loaded with mines.[3]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Douglas L. Dent
Assistant Secretary to the Ordnance Committee
9 Nov, 1904[4]
Succeeded by
Percival H. Warleigh
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Fearless
Aug, 1913[5]
Succeeded by
William F. Blunt
Preceded by
Thomas P. Bonham
Captain of H.M.S. Naiad
11 Feb, 1914[6]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 101-2.
  4. Cobbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 300.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 314.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.

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