Noel Grant

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Rear-Admiral Noel Grant, C.B., (13 September, 1868 – 6 March, 1920) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.

On 8 February, 1910, he was made captain of the light cruiser Leander.[1]

Grant became Captain (D) of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla on 20 December, 1910.[2]

He served as captain of the battleship Irresistible for a little over a year, beginning his command in March 1913.[3]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Cochrane on 30 June, 1915.[4]

He retired on 28 January, 1920, and died very soon after on the sixth of March.

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry H. Bruce
Naval Officer in Charge, Bermuda Royal Dockyard
20 Mar, 1906[5] – ?
Succeeded by
Basil H. Fanshawe
Preceded by
John S. Luard
Captain of H.M.S. Leander
8 Feb, 1910[6] – ?
Succeeded by
Victor G. Gurner
Preceded by
Maurice Woollcombe
Captain of H.M.S. Irresistible
26 Mar, 1913[7] – ?
Succeeded by
Stanhope Hawke
Preceded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene
Captain of H.M.S. Cochrane
30 Jun, 1915[8] – ?
Succeeded by
Eustace La T. Leatham

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 338.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392s.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1906). p. 551.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 338.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 332.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.

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