Robert Makin

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Robert Makin ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 9 September, 1909, Makin was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 066.[1]

Makin was appointed in command of the destroyer Cheerful on 28 January, 1913.[2]

On 11 December, 1913, He was appointed in command of the destroyer Boyne.[3]

Makin commanded the destroyer Mons when she operated with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Francis B. Haygarth
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 066
Captain of H.M. T.B. 066
9 Sep, 1909[5]
Succeeded by
Edward Brooke
Preceded by
Francis L. Back
Captain of H.M.S. Cheerful
28 Jan, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg
Preceded by
George B. Hartford
Captain of H.M.S. Boyne
11 Dec, 1913[7] – 4 Dec, 1915
Succeeded by
Frederick A. Warner
Preceded by
Charles G. C. Sumner
Succeeded by
George A. Scott
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 285.
  4. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 292.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392m.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396d.