Difference between revisions of "Royal Naval College, Keyham"
From The Dreadnought Project
Simon Harley (Talk | contribs) (→Captains) |
(replacing "pg." by "p.") |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The college was reopened on Wednesday, 1 April, 1914, under the command of Engineer Captain C. G. Taylor, M.V.O. The new purpose of the college was to give a year's training to those officers under the [[Selborne Scheme]] who were qualifying as {{LieutRN}}s (E), after a preliminary scientific course of six months' length at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. The first course composed of seventeen officers began on 16 April.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 1 April, 1914. Issue '''40486''', col B, | + | The college was reopened on Wednesday, 1 April, 1914, under the command of Engineer Captain C. G. Taylor, M.V.O. The new purpose of the college was to give a year's training to those officers under the [[Selborne Scheme]] who were qualifying as {{LieutRN}}s (E), after a preliminary scientific course of six months' length at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. The first course composed of seventeen officers began on 16 April.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 1 April, 1914. Issue '''40486''', col B, p. 6.</ref><ref>"New Naval Engineers" (News). ''The Times''. Thursday, 16 April, 1914. Issue '''40499''', col G, p. 4.</ref> |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 29 August 2012
The Royal Naval College, Keyham, formerly the Royal Naval Engineering College, was a training establishment for engineer officers of the Royal Navy.
Contents
History
The college was reopened on Wednesday, 1 April, 1914, under the command of Engineer Captain C. G. Taylor, M.V.O. The new purpose of the college was to give a year's training to those officers under the Selborne Scheme who were qualifying as Lieutenants (E), after a preliminary scientific course of six months' length at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The first course composed of seventeen officers began on 16 April.[1][2]
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Commander R. W. Hope, 1 June, 1880.[3]
- Commander W. M. Annesley, 20 December, 1883.[3]
- Commander W. D. Morrish, 20 December, 1885.[3]
- Commander T. B. Briggs, 7 January, 1892.[3]
- Commander A. B. Grenfell, 6 January, 1895.[3]
- Commander H. Talbot, 7 January, 1895.[3]
- Commander A. E. Tizard, 1 October, 1900.[3]
- Captain Robert S. Lowry, 6 December, 1902.[4]
- Captain T. H. Martyn Jerram, 6 December, 1905.[5]
- Captain Lionel G. Tufnell, 30 July, 1908.[6]
- Engineer Captain Charles G. Taylor, 15 August, 1913.[3]
- Captain G. R. Mansell, 14 September, 1914.[3]
- Captain H. J. T. Marshall, 23 August, 1918.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 April, 1914. Issue 40486, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ "New Naval Engineers" (News). The Times. Thursday, 16 April, 1914. Issue 40499, col G, p. 4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Penn. p. 197.
- ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1908). p. 395.
Bibliography
- Penn, Geoffrey (1984). HMS Thunderer: The story of the Royal Naval Engineering College Keyham and Manadon. Emsworth: Kenneth Mason. ISBN 0-85937-321-5.
