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Carter was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>
Carter was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>


Cater was appointed in command of the {{UK-Lurcher|f=t}} on 10 December, 1916 and would finish out the war in her.
Upon being superseded in ''Nessus'' by [[George Hoskins Irton Parker|George H. I. Parker]] on 19 September, 1916, Carter took some time to convalesce from hemorrhoidal complaints.  Upon his return to fitness in December, Carter was appointed in command of the {{UK-Lurcher|f=t}} and would finish out the war in her.<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>


==Post-War==
==Post-War==

Revision as of 14:45, 13 July 2016

Captain (retired) Eric Quintin Carter (12 June, 1883 – 30 October, 1938) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Aldershot.

Carter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1905.[1]

Carter was appointed to the battlecruiser Invincible on 16 May, 1911, following two and a half years in command of torpedo craft. After a year in her and a brief spell at the Royal Naval Barracks in Portsmouth, Carter was appointed to the new destroyer Christopher, to take command upon her commissioning. She joined the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, eventually to be operating in support of the Grand Fleet.[2]

Carter was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1913.[3]

Great War

Carter remained in command of Christopher until being appointed in command of Mandate on 26 October, 1915 and then to the Ruby on 4 November and very soon thereafter, transferred to the "M" Class destroyer Nessus.[4]

Carter would command the destroyer Nessus of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[5]

Carter was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1916.[6]

Upon being superseded in Nessus by George H. I. Parker on 19 September, 1916, Carter took some time to convalesce from hemorrhoidal complaints. Upon his return to fitness in December, Carter was appointed in command of the destroyer Lurcher and would finish out the war in her.[7]

Post-War

Carter was appointed in command of the submarine Shark on 27 May, 1919.[8]

Carter was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 20 February, 1930.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alfred G. Peace 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 101
20 Oct, 1908[10] 		Succeeded by
Alexander G. Fleming
Preceded by
Richard A. A. Plowden 		Captain of H.M.S. Bat
19 Oct, 1909[11] – 10 Jan, 1910[12][13] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Christopher
20 Nov, 1912[14] 		Succeeded by
Fairfax M. Kerr
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Nessus
Nov, 1915[15] – c. 19 Sep, 1916[16] 		Succeeded by
George H. I. Parker
Preceded by
Lionel G. Dawson 		Captain of H.M.S. Lurcher
10 Dec, 1916[17] – c. Mar, 1919 		Succeeded by
Vessel inactivated
Preceded by
Stuart S. Bonham-Carter 		Captain of H.M.S. Shark
27 May, 1919[18] 		Succeeded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie
Preceded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie 		Captain of H.M.S. Witherington
3 Jan, 1923[19] – Jul, 1923 		Succeeded by
Edward McC. W. Lawrie

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 14.
  2. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  3. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  4. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  6. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  7. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  9. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 23 October, 1908. Issue 38785, col E, p. 12.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 282.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 282.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 282.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 396f.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396f.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 837.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 863.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.

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