Francis Thomas Butler Tower

Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 21 November, 1918. He was then appointed as the gunnery officer in Hood when she commissioned, being superseded there on 20 August, 1920.

On 16 May, 1927 he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa as Flag Captain.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.

Tower was placed on the Retired List on 29 June, 1939. He was reactivated later that very year for a short stint on the Landing Craft Committee.

On 8 January, 1945, Tower was appointed to serve in the rank of Rear Admiral as Flag Officer in Command, Southampton, vice James Murray Pipon.

He reverted to the Retired List on 30 March, 1946.

Bibliography

• "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.

Service Record

• The National Archives. ADM 196/50.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Geoffrey Blake	Captain of H.M.S. Kite 25 Apr, 1913 – 12 Apr, 1915	Succeeded by Reginald F. P. Maton
Preceded by Julian F. C. Patterson	Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance 18 Aug, 1924 – 23 Mar, 1927	Succeeded by Alan R. Dewar
Preceded by Douglas B. Le Mottée	Captain of H.M.S. Vindictive 16 May, 1927	Succeeded by Lancelot E. Holland
Preceded by Cecil B. Prickett	Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa 16 May, 1927 – 16 May, 1929	Succeeded by Harold G. C. Franklin
Preceded by Thomas H. Binney	Captain of H.M.S. Hood 30 Aug, 1933 – 1 Feb, 1936	Succeeded by A. Francis Pridham
Preceded by St. Aubyn B. Wake	Director of Naval Equipment 10 Dec, 1936 – 27 Aug, 1939	Succeeded by ?