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{{CommRN}} '''Oswald William Ormsby''', R.N. (11 November, 1876 – 21 November, 1913) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Ormsby commanded {{UK-TB87}} and the Loch Ryan T.B. Flotilla in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]].<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>  On 27 July 1903, ''T.B. 87'' and {{UK-TB80}} collided and Ormsby was faulted for a "great lack of judgement" in the affair and incurred the Admiralty's severe displeasure.<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>
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A Court of Enquiry into the death of an A.B. by a snapped wire hawser resulted in Ormsby being cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>
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Ormsby was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1908.<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>
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Ormsby was appointed to {{UK-1Berwick}} of the {{UK-CS|4}} as executive officer on 16 May, 1911.  In May 1912, he and other officers were blamed for faulty organisation and lack of supervision that resulted in damage to one of {{UK-1Berwick}}'s pinnaces.<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>
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Ormsby was still serving in ''Berwick'' in November 1913 when he was admitted in a dangerously ill state to a military hospital in Jamaica.  He died after an operation for a duodenal ulcer at Kingston Hospital.<ref>Ormsby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/299.|}} f. 302.</ref>
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Commander Oswald William Ormsby, R.N. (11 November, 1876 – 21 November, 1913) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend G. A. Ormsby was born in Rainton, Durham.[1]

Ormsby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September, 1897.[2]

Ormsby commanded T.B. 87 and the Loch Ryan T.B. Flotilla in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1903.[3] On 27 July 1903, T.B. 87 and T.B. 80 collided and Ormsby was faulted for a "great lack of judgement" in the affair and incurred the Admiralty's severe displeasure.[4]

A Court of Enquiry into the death of an A.B. by a snapped wire hawser resulted in Ormsby being cautioned to be more careful in future.[5]

Ormsby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1908.[6]

Ormsby was appointed to Berwick of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron as executive officer on 16 May, 1911. In May 1912, he and other officers were blamed for faulty organisation and lack of supervision that resulted in damage to one of Berwick's pinnaces.[7]

Ormsby was still serving in Berwick in November 1913 when he was admitted in a dangerously ill state to a military hospital in Jamaica. He died after an operation for a duodenal ulcer at Kingston Hospital.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles L. Vaughan-Lee 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 87
21 Jul, 1903[9][10] – 18 Aug, 1903[11] 		Succeeded by
Aubrey Lambert
Preceded by
George A. Ballard 		Captain of H.M.S. Commonwealth
9 Dec, 1910[12] – 16 May, 1911[13] 		Succeeded by
William F. Benwell

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  2. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  3. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  4. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  5. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  6. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  7. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  8. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  9. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  10. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  11. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  12. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.
  13. ↑ Ormsby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/299. f. 302.

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