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Revision as of 17:51, 5 June 2015

John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald ( – ) served in the Royal Navy. He was the son of Charles C. P. FitzGerald and brother of Robert F. U. P. Fitzgerald.[1]

Life & Career

Fitzgerald was appointed to Collingwood as torpedo officer, qualified as an interpreter, on 6 January, 1914.[2] He fought in her at the Battle of Jutland.[3]

Fitzgerald was appointed in command of the light cruiser Caledon in December, 1929.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hubert Ardill
Captain of H.M.S. Caledon
Dec, 1929[5]
Succeeded by
Cecil N. Reyne
Preceded by
W. Frederic Wake-Walker
Director of Torpedoes and Mining
3 Jan, 1938[6]
Succeeded by
Henry C. Phillips

Footnotes

  1. Letter from Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald to Gerard Henry Uctred Noel postmarked 9 June 1916 at the National Maritime Museum. NOE/5/1.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 393d.
  3. Letter from his father, Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald to Admiral of the Fleet Gerard Henry Uctred Noel postmarked 9 June 1916 at the National Maritime Museum. NOE/5/1.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Inferred from predecessor. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.