Francis Thomas Butler Tower

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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.

Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.

In May 1927, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa.[1]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[2]

Bibliography

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

Service Record


Naval Appointments
Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey Blake
Captain of H.M.S. Kite
25 Apr, 1913[3] – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cecil B. Prickett
Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa
May, 1927[4] – ?
Succeeded by
Harold G. C. Franklin
Preceded by
Thomas H. Binney
Captain of H.M.S. Hood
30 Aug, 1933[5] – ?
Succeeded by
Arthur F. Pridham


Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.

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