Hugh Davenport Colville

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Captain (retired) Hugh Davenport Colville (1 January, 1881 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Colville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 June, 1902.[1]

Colville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 June, 1910.[2]

Colville was appointed in command of the minelaying submarine Porpoise on 24 January, 1914.[3] He was her captain at the Battle of Jutland, operating as part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[4]

Colville was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[5]

He was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Gabriel on 14 June, 1918.[6]

Colville was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Mackay on 9 July, 1920.[7]

Colville was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 November, 1922 and was to be eligible for a step in rank at age 45. Accordingly, he was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1926.[8]

Colville changed his last name to Wakeman-Colville in 1927.[9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg 		Captain of H.M.S. Brazen
15 Jun, 1908[10][11] – 10 Jan, 1910[12] 		Succeeded by
William B. Mackenzie
Preceded by
Maurice C. Bomford 		Captain of H.M.S. Peterel
10 Jan, 1910[13] – 19 Oct, 1910[14] 		Succeeded by
Salisbury H. Simpson
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Racoon
19 Oct, 1910[15] – 25 Feb, 1911[16] 		Succeeded by
Arthur G. Muller
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Porpoise
28 Jan, 1914[17] – Jun, 1916 		Succeeded by
George P. Leith
Preceded by
George P. Leith 		Captain of H.M.S. Relentless
Jun, 1916[18] – Jun, 1918[19] 		Succeeded by
Francis T. Hare
Preceded by
Geoffrey Mackworth 		Captain of H.M.S. Gabriel
14 Jun, 1918[20] – 9 Jan, 1920[21] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edmond J. G. Mackinnon 		Captain of H.M.S. Valkyrie
9 Jan, 1920[22] – 9 Jul, 1920[23] 		Succeeded by
Montague R. Bernard
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard 		Captain of H.M.S. Mackay
9 Jul, 1920[24][25] – Jun, 1921[26] 		Succeeded by
Dashwood F. Moir
Preceded by
Frederick N. Eardley-Wilmot 		Captain of H.M.S. Galatea
Jun, 1921[27] – 22 Aug, 1921[28] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur Stopford 		Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra
12 Mar, 1922[29] – 29 Aug, 1922[30] 		Succeeded by
Harold E. Denison

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  2. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 371.
  4. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  5. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 797.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 805.
  8. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  9. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  10. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 287.
  12. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  13. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  14. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  15. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  16. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  17. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397j.
  19. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 797.
  21. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  22. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  23. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  24. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 805.
  26. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  27. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  28. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  29. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  30. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.


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