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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Philip Hyde Waterer''' (26 April, 1878 – 5 September, 1933) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Philip Hyde Waterer''' (26 April, 1878 – 5 September, 1933) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]] whose service record contains a considerable saga of medical distress.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Waterer was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1900.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
 
Waterer was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1900.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
  
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Waterer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Sylvia|f=t}} on 22 February, 1905.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 24 February, 1905.  Issue '''37639''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
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Waterer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Sylvia|f=t}} on 22 February, 1905.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 24 February, 1905.  Issue '''37639''', col C, p. 11.</ref>  It was to be the first of three destroyer commands he would have in the year, the last being in command of {{UK-Wolf}}, appointed on 7 June.  On 6 December, 1905, {{UK-Wolf}} and {{UK-Blackwater}} collided while approaching a mooring.  Their speed was judged too high for the manoeuvre, and Waterer was deemed "unfit for the command of a T.B.."  He was removed from command of ''Wolf'' on 29 December in favour of an appointment as gunnery officer in {{UK-Sirius}}.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
  
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In June, 1908, Waterer left {{UK-Sappho}}, in which he was first and gunnery officer, and underwent surgery on his knee at King Edward VII Hospital.  He would not emerge fully fit before 9 January, 1909.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
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In June, 1908, Waterer left {{UK-Sappho}}, in which he was first and gunnery officer, and underwent surgery on his knee at King Edward VII Hospital.  He would not emerge fully fit before 9 January, 1909.  Later that year, he was admitted to Haslar for a urinary ailment.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
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On 20 March, 1913 Waterer was admitted to Haslar Hospital to be treated for lumbago, taking six days before he emerged in good health.
  
 
Waterer was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1913.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
 
Waterer was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1913.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
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On 22 June 1918, Waterer was admitted to PlymouthHospital with ventral hernia.<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>
  
 
==Post-War==
 
==Post-War==

Revision as of 15:59, 30 April 2017

Captain (retired) Philip Hyde Waterer (26 April, 1878 – 5 September, 1933) was an officer in the Royal Navy whose service record contains a considerable saga of medical distress.

Life & Career

Waterer gained ten months' time on passing out of Britannia in December, 1893. In May 1894, Waterer was invalided from his first ship, Ramillies with Mediterranean Fever. Healthy in October, he was sent to join St. George at the Cape of Good Hope Station. He lasted longer in this appointment, and was recommended for his service on the occasion of the Bombardment of the Sultan of Zanzibar's Palace on 27 August, 1896. However, he was again invalided and arrived back in England on 22 January, 1897 for admission to Haslar Hospital for unstated reasons. He joined the Royal Naval College on 28 September 1897 but was sent back owing to an "affection" of his right knee. He was able to join the college on 28 October.[1]

Waterer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1900.[2]

Waterer was appointed in command of the destroyer Sylvia on 22 February, 1905.[3] It was to be the first of three destroyer commands he would have in the year, the last being in command of Wolf, appointed on 7 June. On 6 December, 1905, Wolf and Blackwater collided while approaching a mooring. Their speed was judged too high for the manoeuvre, and Waterer was deemed "unfit for the command of a T.B.." He was removed from command of Wolf on 29 December in favour of an appointment as gunnery officer in Sirius.[4]

In June, 1908, Waterer left Sappho, in which he was first and gunnery officer, and underwent surgery on his knee at King Edward VII Hospital. He would not emerge fully fit before 9 January, 1909. Later that year, he was admitted to Haslar for a urinary ailment.[5]

On 20 March, 1913 Waterer was admitted to Haslar Hospital to be treated for lumbago, taking six days before he emerged in good health.

Waterer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1913.[6]

On 22 June 1918, Waterer was admitted to PlymouthHospital with ventral hernia.[7]

Post-War

In 1920, Waterer was hospitalised for hernia and then, in August, for a disease in his right ear.

Waterer was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 26 April, 1924.[8]

Hernia issues would again afflict him in 1929 and 1932.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter H. Cowan 		Captain of H.M.S. Sylvia
22 Feb, 1905[9] 		Succeeded by
Walter H. Cowan
Preceded by
Ernest K. Loring 		Captain of H.M.S. Wolf
7 Jun, 1905[10] 		Succeeded by
Mark G. Newton
Preceded by
Charles G. Robinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Engadine
28 Nov, 1916[11] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry N. Gilbert 		Captain of H.M.S. Ark Royal
17 Sep, 1918[12] – 12 Jul, 1920[13][14] 		Succeeded by
R. Watkins Grubb
Preceded by
Ralph S. Wykes-Sneyd 		Captain of H.M.S. Comus
1 Jul, 1922[15] – 1923 		Succeeded by
Edmond J. G. Mackinnon

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  2. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 February, 1905. Issue 37639, col C, p. 11.
  4. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  5. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  6. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  7. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  8. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 February, 1905. Issue 37639, col C, p. 11.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 398.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 401c.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 740.

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