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Latest revision as of 11:18, 20 July 2022
Captain R.N.R. Robert Melvill Gardner, R.N.R., R.D., Retired (16 August, 1878 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve who received an inordinate number of command appointments of small vessels during the Great War.
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Life & Career
Gardner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 23 July, 1910.
Gardner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 12 August, 1918.
Gardner was appointed in command of the destroyer Waveney on 14 October, 1918.[1]
Post-War
He was appointed in command of the patrol boat PC 74 on 14 December, 1918.[2]
Gardner was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1922.
Gardner was retired at the rank of Captain R.N.R. on 16 August, 1928.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Ernald G. H. Master |
Captain of H.M.S. Sylvia 23 Apr, 1916 – 4 Jun, 1916 |
Succeeded by Peter Shaw |
Preceded by Arthur E. Durham |
Captain of H.M.S. Wolf 15 Jun, 1916[3] – 2 Jun, 1917 |
Succeeded by George R. Parry |
Preceded by William Devlin |
Captain of H.M.S. Panther 4 Jun, 1917 – 31 Jul, 1917 |
Succeeded by Richard T. Smailes |
Preceded by Francis W. Hodges |
Captain of H.M.S. Ure 1 Aug, 1917 – 29 Oct, 1917 |
Succeeded by Trevor St. V. F. Tyler |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. P47 13 Nov, 1917 – 28 Feb, 1918 |
Succeeded by William H. Dunster |
Preceded by William H. Dunster |
Captain of H.M.S. Flying Fish 28 Feb, 1918 – mid Oct, 1918[Fact Check] |
Succeeded by Percy Younghusband |
Preceded by Charles C. de M. Malan |
Captain of H.M.S. Waveney 14 Oct, 1918[4] – 8 Dec, 1918 |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. PC 74 14 Dec, 1918[5] – 2 Mar, 1919 |
Succeeded by Walter H. Leeke |
Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Dundalk 5 Apr, 1919[6] – 22 Oct, 1919 |
Succeeded by Eric F. Wharton |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 942.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399j.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 942.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 781.