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Henry Gerard Laurence Oliphant, M.V.O., D.S.O., ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Oliphant was appointed as Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Banshee in 1908.[1]

Oliphant was appointed in command of the destroyer Amazon on 17 January, 1911.[2]

On 29 July, 1914, Oliphant was appointed in command of the destroyer Amazon.[3]

He commanded the destroyer Viking at the Battle of Dover Strait on the night of 26-27 October, 1916.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 282.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 278.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 273.
  4. Naval Operations. Vol. IV. p. 62.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 282.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 278.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392a.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393t.