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Lieutenant-Commander Orrell Bake (12 February, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Blake was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Cygnet on 5 June, 1914.[1]

Bake was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916.[2]

Bake was appointed in command of the destroyer Leonidas on 19 March, 1918.[3] Upon leaving Leonidas, Bake was appointed in command of the destroyer Rapid on 13 February, 1919.[4]

Bake was appointed to the drill ship President, for service in the Admiralty Compass Department as an Assistant, 1st Class and Establishment Officer, some time before the end of November 1920.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Roy Bacchus
Captain of H.M.S. Cygnet
5 Jun, 1914[6] – ?
Succeeded by
George B. Bray
Preceded by
Reginald W. Grubb
Captain of H.M.S. Leonidas
19 Mar, 1918[7] – 13 Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
Edward C. Thornton
Preceded by
Rowland Leeds
Captain of H.M.S. Rapid
13 Feb, 1919[8] – 17 Sep, 1920[9]
Succeeded by
James C. Colvill

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (January, 1915), p. 300.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 361.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 852.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 1826.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 300.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 830.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 852.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.