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| − | '''Huberht Taylor Hudson''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]]. His unusual first name is | + | Captain '''Huberht Taylor Hudson''', R.N.R., Retired (17 September, 1886 – 15 June, 1942) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]]. His unusual first name is the Anglo-Saxon spelling of Hubert. |
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| + | Hudson joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1913 and took part in Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic expedition, during which he earned the nickname "Buddha". Fellow expedition member Thomas Orde-Lees described Hudson thus: "One never quite knows whether he is on the brink of a mental breakdown or bubbling over with suppressed intellectuality".<ref>[http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/hudson_hubert.php Cool Antarctica: Huberht Taylor Hudson - Biographical notes]</ref> | ||
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Hudson was appointed Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command of the {{UK-PC70|f=t}} on 13 April, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 861}} | Hudson was appointed Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command of the {{UK-PC70|f=t}} on 13 April, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 861}} | ||
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| + | Hudson returned to duty as a convoy Commodore during the Second World War. He was killed in action on 15 June, 1942 while Commodore of Convoy HG-84 when his ship, the British motor merchant ''Pelayo'', was torpedoed and sunk by ''U-552'', commanded by the German U-boat ace Erich Topp.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1804.html uboat.net: Pelayo (British Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII]</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Huberht+Taylor+Hudson Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Huberht+Taylor+Hudson Service Records] | ||
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| + | * [http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/biography/hudson_hubert.php Cool Antarctica: Huberht Taylor Hudson - Biographical notes] | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 24 January 2017
Captain Huberht Taylor Hudson, R.N.R., Retired (17 September, 1886 – 15 June, 1942) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve. His unusual first name is the Anglo-Saxon spelling of Hubert.
Life & Career
Hudson joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1913 and took part in Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic expedition, during which he earned the nickname "Buddha". Fellow expedition member Thomas Orde-Lees described Hudson thus: "One never quite knows whether he is on the brink of a mental breakdown or bubbling over with suppressed intellectuality".[1]
Hudson was appointed Lieutenant, R.N.R. in Command of the patrol boat PC 70 on 13 April, 1918.[2]
Hudson returned to duty as a convoy Commodore during the Second World War. He was killed in action on 15 June, 1942 while Commodore of Convoy HG-84 when his ship, the British motor merchant Pelayo, was torpedoed and sunk by U-552, commanded by the German U-boat ace Erich Topp.[3]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Raymond G. F. H. de Caen |
Captain of H.M.S. Lively 22 May, 1917[4] |
Succeeded by Harold Holehouse |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. PC 70 13 Apr, 1918[5] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Cool Antarctica: Huberht Taylor Hudson - Biographical notes
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
- ↑ uboat.net: Pelayo (British Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 861.
