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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}}.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27512/pages/3 no. 27512. p. 3.] 2 January, 1903.</ref> | On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}}.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27512/pages/3 no. 27512. p. 3.] 2 January, 1903.</ref> | ||
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| + | On 18 February, 1907, he was appointed to the ''Powerful'', additional, as Captain in Charge of Naval Establishments in Sydney, Australia.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 20 February, 1907. Issue '''38261''', col C, pg. 11.</ref> | ||
==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 10 November 2010
Admiral Charles Lionel Napier, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 November, 1861 – 10 March, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[1]
On 18 February, 1907, he was appointed to the Powerful, additional, as Captain in Charge of Naval Establishments in Sydney, Australia.[2]
Great War
On 31 October, 1914, Napier was apparently appointed to H.M.S. President for Special Service at the Admiralty.[3] On 2 November he was appointed as Rear-Admiral at Brightlingsea, where he remained until at least a year later.[4] Napier was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Patey.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1907. Issue 38261, col C, pg. 11.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 374a.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 3.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Napier" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 March, 1934. Issue 46702, col C, pg. 14.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Categories:
- 1861 births
- 1934 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1875
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cleopatra (1878)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Euryalus (1901)
- Captains-in-Charge, Sydney
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Inflexible (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
