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Raikes remained in ''Defence'' until at least the turn of 1915.{{NLJan15|p. 301}} He was to return to his submarine work, however.
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Raikes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>
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Raikes was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.  The following day, he was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin}} for {{UK-E44}}, to take command upon her commissioning.<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>
  
 
Raikes was awarded a D.S.O. for being in command of the {{UK-E54|f=t}} on 21 August, 1916 when she sank {{DE-UC10}} "in difficult waters."<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>
 
Raikes was awarded a D.S.O. for being in command of the {{UK-E54|f=t}} on 21 August, 1916 when she sank {{DE-UC10}} "in difficult waters."<ref>Raikes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/94.|D7604506}} ff. 220, 221.</ref>

Revision as of 15:08, 6 December 2016

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
1908[14] 		Succeeded by
George H. Pownall
Preceded by
David de B. Stocks 		Captain of H.M.S. B 4
28 Mar, 1910[15] – 1911 		Succeeded by
Claud L. Y. Dering
Preceded by
Gilbert E. Venning 		Captain of H.M.S. C 14
5 May, 1911[16] 		Succeeded by
Cecil P. Talbot
Preceded by
James C. Wahab 		Captain of H.M.S. C 35
5 May, 1911[17] 		Succeeded by
A. Gordon Hine
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. E 54
before 21 Aug, 1916[18] – after 1 May, 1917[19] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Nicholas E. Archdale 		Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan
Dec, 1920[20] – 11 Dec, 1922[21] 		Succeeded by
Robert R. Turner
Preceded by
Cecil P. Talbot 		Rear-Admiral (S)
1936 – 1938 		Succeeded by
Bertram C. Watson

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. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 385.
  15. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 344.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 286.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 280.
  18. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  19. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. pp. 5,13.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
  21. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/13. f. ?.

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