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Revision as of 14:07, 16 March 2015

William Blewett Fawckner was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fawckner was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Cressy in April 1906.[1]

He was appointed to command the battleship Venerable on 12 August, 1907.[2]

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick A. Warden
Captain of H.M.S. Cressy
3 Apr, 1906[3] – 21 May, 1907[4]
Succeeded by
Thomas Jackson
Preceded by
Reginald G. O. Tupper
Captain of H.M.S. Prince of Wales
21 May, 1907[5]
Succeeded by
Herbert W. Savory
Preceded by
Henry B. Pelly
Captain of H.M.S. Venerable
12 Aug, 1907[6]
Succeeded by
Seymour E. Erskine
Preceded by
Mark E. F. Kerr
Captain of H.M.S. Implacable
2 Feb, 1909[7] – 31 Mar, 1909[8]
Succeeded by
Henry L. Tottenham
Preceded by
George A. Callaghan
Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard
31 Mar, 1909[9] – 1 Feb, 1912[10]
Succeeded by
Cyril E. Tower

 

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  3. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  4. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  5. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  7. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  8. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  9. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.
  10. Fawckner Service Record (in our PDF for Richard Bowles Farquhar) The National Archives. ADM 196/38. ff. 445-6.