Samuel Bernard Graves

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Captain R.N.R. (retired) Samuel Bernard Graves, R.D., R.N. (15 April, 1877 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Born in New Ross, Wexford.

Graves was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. with a seniority of 17 June, 1904.

Graves was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. with a seniority of 17 June, 1912.

Graves was promoted to the rank of Commander R.N.R. with a seniority of 31 December, 1917.

Graves was appointed in command of the destroyer Nonpareil on 26 September, 1918.[1]

He was still alive in 1952.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John M. Porter
Captain of H.M.S. Arab
31 May, 1916[2] – early 1917
Succeeded by
Frank Pattinson
Preceded by
Godfrey R. Chambers
Captain of H.M.S. Liffey
7 Jun, 1917[3] – 1918[Inference]
Succeeded by
Harry Welch
Preceded by
Hugh J. Woodward
Captain of H.M.S. Nonpareil
26 Sep, 1918[4] – Feb, 1919[Inference]
Succeeded by
Gerald C. Harrison

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 853.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392d.
  3. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395c.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 853.