Torkel Lundholm

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Commander (retired) Torkel Lundholm (19 November, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Lundholm entered the Royal Navy ranked 40th in order of merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[1]

Lundholm was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1911.

Lundholm was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1919.

Lundholm was appointed in command of the destroyer Lydiard on 10 April, 1918.[2]

On 2 November 1926, Lundholm was appointed to Excellent to head up the Photographic School.[3]

Lundholm was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 March, 1930.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward D. W. Lawford
Captain of H.M.S. Lydiard
10 Apr, 1918[4]
Succeeded by
Ralph Kerr
Preceded by
John Brooke
Captain of H.M.S. Phoebe
31 Mar, 1919[5]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Harold O. Joyce
Captain of H.M.S. Sesame
17 Feb, 1925[6]
Succeeded by
John S. Prescott-Roberts

Footnotes

  1. "Cadetships in the Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 21, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37374.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 238.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 837.
  5. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 867.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 269.