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Revision as of 17:21, 10 May 2014
Robert Henry Taunton Raikes ( – ) 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, remaining there until at least the turn of 1915.[3] He was to return to his submarine work, however.
Raikes was commanding the submarine E 54 on 21 August, 1916 when she sank UC 10, and on 1 May, 1917 when she sank U 81.[4]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 126.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 301.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13, though it wrongly identifies UC10 as UC7..
Bibliography
Service Records
