Guy D'Oyly-Hughes

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Captain Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy ( – 8 June, 1940) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

D'Oyly-Hughes was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 30 June, 1912.[1]

D'Oyly-Hughes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1913.[2]

Still a Lieutenant, he was in command of the submarine E 35 on 11 May, 1918 when she sank Template:DE-U154 with a pair of torpedoes at 36deg 45' N., 12deg 0' W..[3]

World War II

D'Oyly-Hughes was killed when his battlecruiser Glorious was sunk by gunfire as it was headed to Britain from the Norwegian coast.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. E 35
before 11 May, 1918[4] 		Succeeded by
Victor C. Dorman-Smith

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 22.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1914). p. 24.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  4. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.

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