Edward Arthur Salwey
Commander Edward Arthur Salwey, R.N. (26 March, 1865 – 2 May, 1949) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born on the Isle of Wight, Salwey's mother was listed as his guardian upon his joining the navy in the July 1878 term at Britannia.
After serving in Invincible in the Mediterranean, Salwey was appointed to the central battery ironclad Audacious on the China Station from October 1882 to January, 1885 and was awarded the Egyptian Medal with Alexandria Clasp in 1883.
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 20 February, 1887.
Salwey worked with early British naval wireless systems and reported on tests between Europa, Alexandra and Juno during the Naval Manoeuvres of 1899 in which Marconi personally adjusted the equipment, delivering fantastic results. Signals were successfully conveyed over sixty miles, as long as only one ship was sending at a time.[1][2]
Salwey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1899.
In July, 1904 while appointed to the Kinsale Coast Guard, Salwey was reported for conduct in street preaching and distributing tracts and other religious materials to Catholics in Kinsale, which created a disturbance. He was placed on half pay at Board order on 28 July.
He worked two and a half months further in the Coast Guard at Sunderland before being placed on the Retired List at own request on 31 March, 1905.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edward Harvey |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 43 12 May, 1888 – 14 Jul, 1888 |
Succeeded by Charles L. Ottley |
| Preceded by Arthur D. Ricardo |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 45 18 Jul, 1889 – 31 Aug, 1889 |
Succeeded by Cunningham R. de C. Foot |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 83 22 Jul, 1890[3] – 15 Aug, 1890 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Banshee 24 Jul, 1895[4] |
Succeeded by Philip C. Musgrave |
Footnotes
- ↑ "The Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 24, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36074.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. x, 71-3.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
