Charles James Colebrooke Little

Admiral SIR Charles James Colebrooke Little, G.C.B., G.B.E. (14 June 1882 – 20 June 1973) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Commander Little was appointed in command of the torpedo gunboat Hazard and of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on 23 November, 1911.

Little was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fearless in September 1916, and remained in her to the end of the war.^{[Citation needed]} In May, 1917, he appears to have been appointed the role of Captain (S) to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, of which Fearless was flag/flotilla cruiser.

Little was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cleopatra on 4 March, 1919.

He was appointed as captain of Iron Duke in 1926.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Papers

• Uncatalogued papers in the possession of the National Maritime Museum.
• Uncatalogued papers in the possession of the National Maritime Museum.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/142.
• The National Archives. ADM 106/125.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/90.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/47.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Sir Frederic C. Dreyer	Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by William M. James

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. D 1 1 Aug, 1908 – ?	Succeeded by Frederick A. Sommerville
Preceded by Apsley D. M. Cherry	Captain of H.M.S. Hazard 23 Nov, 1911 – ?	Succeeded by Lionel A. D. Sturdee
Preceded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith	Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant 3 Aug, 1914 – ?	Succeeded by Humphrey W. Bowring
Preceded by Charles D. Roper	Captain of H.M.S. Fearless Sep, 1916 – ?	Succeeded by Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by Walter R. G. Petre	Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra 4 Mar, 1919 – ?	Succeeded by Arthur Stopford
Preceded by Raymond Fitzmaurice	Captain of H.M.S. Iron Duke 1926 – ?	Succeeded by Francis M. Austin
Preceded by Frederic C. Dreyer	Commander-in-Chief, China Station 7 Nov, 1935 – ?	Succeeded by ?