Philip Sidney Ronayne Conron
Commander Philip Sidney Ronayne Conron, Royal Navy, Retired (20 May, 1878 – 18 February, 1922) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Conron was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1900.[1]
He was appointed to the new sloop Shearwater on 24 September, 1901 as Lieutenant (N) and was serving in this capacity when she ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902. A Court of Enquiry found no blame attributable, but the Admiralty disagreed with this conclusion and found Conron's navigation skills at fault and cautioned him to be more careful in future. However, after being appointed in command of the destroyer Bullfinch on 28 May, 1906, he would receive a similar admonishment over damage sustained by Bullfinch in June, 1907. Conron would be superseded in command of Bullfinch on 9 August, 1907 after an unsatisfactory inspection of that ship by Rear Admiral Montgomerie concluded he was "[n]ot suited to command a T.B.D.."[2]
Conron was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1908.[3]
He was married on 18 December, 1918.[4]
Conron was placed on the Retired List at his own request with a step in rank to Commander on 31 July, 1919.[5]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by William F. Blunt |
Captain of H.M.S. Bullfinch 28 May, 1906[6] |
Succeeded by Gerald C. Wynter |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 17.
- ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
- ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
- ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
- ↑ Conron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 512. In our PDF for Benjamin Wingate Barrow.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 287.
