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Revision as of 19:25, 10 April 2021

Admiral Albert Baldwin Jenkings, Royal Navy (2 March, 1846 – 5 October, 1942) was an officer of the Royal Navy. he would come to specialise in gunnery and assist the Royal Navy in the technological revolution that would eventually result in a system of director firing.

Life & Career

Jenkings was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 5 September, 1867 and was appointed to H.M.S. Gladiator. He studied gunnery at H.M.S. Excellent from October 1868 to 23 March, 1870, at which time he was sent to H.M.S. Cambridge as a Junior Staff Officer.[1]

Jenkings was promoted to the rank of Commander with seniority of 31 March, 1877.[2]

Jenkings was appointed Commander of the turret ship Inflexible on 4 March, 1881, under Captain John A. Fisher.[3]

He was awarded the Egyptian Medal with Alexandria Clasp in 1882, and on 7 August, 1882, he was specially promoted to the rank of Captain, dated 11 July.[4]

Flag Rank

Jenkings was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 December, 1897, vice Buckle.[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral dated 21 January, 1903, vice Markham.[6]

Jenkings was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1907.[7] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 1 June.[8]

Jenkings was thanked by Their Lordships for his work as Chairman of a committee to evaluate a remote sighting system of Percy Scott's design fitted to the turret of the old second class battleship H.M.S. Hero.[9]

Jenkings's longevity would result in a long retirement. In mid-March 1939, he would request that a "stigma" pertaining to the circumstances of the end of his appointment as Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron be removed from his name. The Admiralty was puzzled by this request, as it could find no notation that his name had been besmirched in their records. He was assured that their understanding was that he had had "an honourable and successful career in the Royal Navy." Jenkings succumbed to rectal cancer in October, 1942.[10]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral A. B. Jenkings" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 8 October, 1942. Issue 49361, col E, p. 7.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hector B. Stewart 		Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee
6 May, 1884[11] 		Succeeded by
Tynte F. Hammill
Preceded by
Henry H. Boys 		Captain of H.M.S. Garnet
23 Aug, 1887[12] – 1 Aug, 1890[13][14] 		Succeeded by
Harry F. Hughes-Hallett
Preceded by
Charles C. P. FitzGerald 		Captain of H.M.S. Collingwood
28 Jan, 1893[15] – 1 Mar, 1896[16][17] 		Succeeded by
William Marrack
Preceded by
The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Beresford 		Captain of Chatham Dockyard Reserve
5 Apr, 1896[18] – 19 Dec, 1897[19] 		Succeeded by
George L. Atkinson
Preceded by
Archibald L. Douglas 		Vice-President of the Ordnance Committee
15 Jan, 1898[20] – 1 Jun, 1900[21] 		Succeeded by
Charles C. Drury
Preceded by
Arthur D. Fanshawe 		Second-in-Command, Channel Squadron
1 Jun, 1900[22] – 4 Jun, 1901[23] 		Succeeded by
Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart.

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  2. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1881). p. 219.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25136. p. 3689. 8 August, 1882.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26919. p. 7479. 14 December, 1897.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27518. p. 466. 23 January, 1903.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27982. p. 30. 1 January, 1907.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28027. p. 3832. 4 June, 1907.
  9. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  10. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  11. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 701.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 218.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 218.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 222.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 213.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 213.
  17. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/94. f. 852.
  18. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  19. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  20. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  21. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  22. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  23. ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.


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