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Revision as of 23:39, 22 July 2017

Spencer Francis Russell ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Russell commanded the destroyer Munster at the Battle of Jutland.[1]

Russell was appointed in command of the destroyer Minion on 12 May, 1918.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Owen C. Hare
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 78
Captain of H.M. T.B. 078
15 May, 1909[3] – 1910
Succeeded by
Harold T. Baillie-Grohman
Preceded by
Herbert W. Wyld
Captain of H.M. T.B. 35
14 Feb, 1911[4]
Succeeded by
Desmond Maxwell
Preceded by
Charles L. Fox
Captain of H.M.S. Munster
14 Apr, 1916[5]
Succeeded by
Henry R. James
Preceded by
William G. A. Shuttleworth
Captain of H.M.S. Minion
12 May, 1918[6] – 26 Mar, 1919
Succeeded by
Richard A. A. Plowden

Footnotes

  1. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 846.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 400.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395u.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 846.