Patrick Butter

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Captain (retired) Patrick Butter (4 October, 1889 – 24 January, 1949) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Butter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 22 June, 1911.[1]

Butter was appointed in command of the destroyer Ulster on 17 January, 1919.[2]

On 28 November, 1919, Butter was appointed in command of the destroyer Tyrian.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur E. H. Wright
Captain of H.M. T.B. 18
14 Mar, 1916[4] – 15 Aug, 1917
Succeeded by
Gilbert R. Gilbert
Preceded by
Laurence R. Palmer
Captain of H.M.S. Norseman
late 1917 – 17 Jan, 1919
Succeeded by
William G. Halliley
Preceded by
John A. P. Legh
Captain of H.M.S. Ulster
17 Jan, 1919[5]
Succeeded by
Ian C. T. Hilton
Preceded by
Arthur Evans
Captain of H.M.S. Ursa
27 Jan, 1919[6] – 28 Nov, 1919
Succeeded by
Ivan B. Colvin
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Tyrian
28 Nov, 1919[7] – 5 Aug, 1921
Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Preceded by
John I. Hallett
Captain of H.M.S. Tourmaline
5 Aug, 1921 – 13 Nov, 1921
Succeeded by
Ralph W. Wilkinson
Preceded by
Harold T. C. Walker
Captain of H.M.S. Canterbury
20 Jan, 1933 – 15 Jan, 1934
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Bertram C. Watson
Captain of H.M.S. Curlew
15 Jan, 1934 – 8 Apr, 1935
Succeeded by
Charles E. S. Farrant

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 201.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922.
  6. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 922a.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 878.

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