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Admiral SIR Robert Henry Taunton Raikes, C.V.O., D.S.O.*, K.C.B. (23 August, 1885 – 24 May, 1953) was an submarine commander in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1907.[1]

Raikes was appointed in command of the submarine C 35 on 5 May, 1911.[2]

On 2 September, 1913, he was appointed to the armoured cruiser Defence

Great War

Raikes remained in Defence until 1 August, 1915 on which date he was appointed to Vulcan for submarines.

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1915. The following day, he was appointed to Dolphin for E 44, to take command upon her commissioning.[3]

Raikes was awarded a D.S.O. for being in command of the submarine E 54 on 21 August, 1916 when she sank UC 10 "in difficult waters."[4]

On 29 April and 1 May, 1917 E 54 was engaged with two or three enemy submarines, and on 1 May sank U 81. He received a bar for his D.S.O. for this second coup, gazetted 22 June, 1917.[5] He was invested with the combined awards at Buckingham Palace on 16 January, 1918.[6]

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1917.[7]

On 9 September, 1918, he was appointed to the Staff of Commodore (S) Hall in Dolphin.[8]

Post-War

Raikes was appointed to oversee the completion of the submarine H.M.S. X1 on 11 December, 1922.[9] Though he was intended to commission her, it seems likely that Philip Esmonde Phillips took over before this.

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1923.[10]

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 July, 1935.[11]

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 January, 1939.[12]

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 29 October, 1942.[13]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles S. Benning 		Captain of H.M.S. C 9
Aug, 1908[14][15] – 28 Mar, 1910[16] 		Succeeded by
George H. Pownall
Preceded by
Philip E. U. Townshend 		Captain of H.M.S. A 1
28 Mar, 1910[17] – 4 Apr, 1910[18] 		Succeeded by
Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by
Charles W. Craven 		Captain of H.M.S. A 3
4 Apr, 1910[19] – 8 Aug, 1910[20] 		Succeeded by
Wilfrid B. Pirie
Preceded by
David de B. Stocks 		Captain of H.M.S. B 4
8 Aug, 1910[21] – 5 May, 1911[22] 		Succeeded by
Claud L. Y. Dering
Preceded by
Gilbert E. Venning 		Captain of H.M.S. C 14
5 May, 1911[23][24] – 1 May, 1912[25] 		Succeeded by
Cecil P. Talbot
Preceded by
James C. Wahab 		Captain of H.M.S. C 35
1 May, 1912[26] – 2 Sep, 1913[27] 		Succeeded by
A. Gordon Hine
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. E 54
1 Apr, 1916[28] – 14 Nov, 1917[29] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. L 3
14 Nov, 1917[30] – 9 Sep, 1918[31] 		Succeeded by
Alexander B. Greig
Preceded by
Charles S. Benning 		Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan
1 Jan, 1921[32] – 11 Dec, 1922[33] 		Succeeded by
Robert R. Turner
Preceded by
Charles G. Brodie 		Captain of H.M.S. Titania
Mar, 1925[34] – Mar, 1927[35] 		Succeeded by
John B. Glencross
Preceded by
Charles G. Brodie 		Captain (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
Mar, 1925[36] – Mar, 1927[37] 		Succeeded by
John B. Glencross
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Sussex
1 Dec, 1928[38] – 10 Apr, 1930[39] 		Succeeded by
Stuart S. Bonham-Carter
Preceded by
? 		Director of the Staff College, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
2 May, 1932[40] – 20 Jun, 1934[41] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cecil P. Talbot 		Rear-Admiral (S)
10 Dec, 1936[42] – 15 Dec, 1938[43] 		Succeeded by
Bertram C. Watson
Preceded by
Max K. Horton 		Vice-Admiral, Northern Patrol
20 Dec, 1939[44] – 1 Aug, 1940[45] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
George H. D'O. Lyon
as Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station 		Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
1 Aug, 1940[46] – 15 Nov, 1941[47] 		Succeeded by
Algernon U. Willis

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 126.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 280.
  3. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  4. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13, though it wrongly identifies UC10 as UC7..
  6. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 155.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 777.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 846-898.
  10. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  11. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  12. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  13. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  14. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 385.
  16. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  17. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  18. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  19. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  20. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  21. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  22. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  23. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 286.
  25. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  26. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  27. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  28. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  29. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  30. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  31. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  32. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  33. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. pf. 220, 221.
  34. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  35. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  36. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  37. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  38. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  39. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  40. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  41. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  42. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  43. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  44. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  45. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  46. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  47. ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.

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