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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Forth (1886)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Forth'']]'''<br>12 Nov, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Algernon Henry Chester Candy|Algernon H. C. Candy]]'''}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Forth (1886)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Forth'']]'''<br>12 Nov, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 318}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Algernon Henry Chester Candy|Algernon H. C. Candy]]'''}} | ||
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Vulcan (1889)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Vulcan'']]'''<br>5 Jan, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}} – 1913|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|Vernon H. S. Haggard]]'''}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Vulcan (1889)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Vulcan'']]'''<br>5 Jan, 1909{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}} – 1913|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|Vernon H. S. Haggard]]'''}} | ||
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Revision as of 09:30, 11 August 2016
Captain Robert Warren Johnson, Royal Navy (10 May, 1868 – 22 September, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Johnson scored 1,362 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming first out of his batch of twenty.[1]
Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1891.[2]
He married on 11 July, 1906, Grace Isobel, fourth daughter of the late Algernon Paley, and had two sons and one daughter.
In December 1913, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Europa until being appointed to command the armoured cruiser Cressy in August 1914 and was lost in action September 22, when she was torpedoed with Hogue and Aboukir in the North Sea.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edmund M. C. Cooper-Key |
Captain of H.M.S. Niger 28 Feb, 1903[3] |
Succeeded by Edmund J. Prendergast |
| Preceded by Sydney S. Hall |
Captain of H.M.S. Hazard May, 1905[4] |
Succeeded by Albert P. Addison |
| Preceded by Maurice S. FitzMaurice |
Captain of H.M.S. Forth 12 Nov, 1906[5] |
Succeeded by Algernon H. C. Candy |
| Preceded by Michael Culme-Seymour |
Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan 5 Jan, 1909[6] – 1913 |
Succeeded by Vernon H. S. Haggard |
| Preceded by Thomas D. Gilbert |
Captain of H.M.S. Europa 16 Dec, 1913[7] |
Succeeded by Gerald W. Vivian |
| Preceded by Ernest S. Carey |
Captain of H.M.S. Cressy Aug, 1914[8] – 22 Sep, 1914 |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26149. p. 1870. 3 April, 1891.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 349.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 325.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 395a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 310.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
