Richard Anthony Aston Plowden

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Rear-Admiral Richard Anthony Aston Plowden, D.S.O., R.N. (24 May, 1881 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Sheldrake on 20 December, 1912.[1]

Plowden commanded the destroyer leader Hardy when she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[2]

On 28 December, 1918, Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Musketeer.[3]

He was appointed in command of the submarine Satyr on 1 October, 1919.[4]

Plowden was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in January, 1931.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James U. Farie
Captain of H.M.S. Cheerful
13 May, 1908[5]
Succeeded by
James U. Farie
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Sheldrake
20 Dec, 1912[6] – mid 1915[7][8]
Succeeded by
Maurice C. Bomford
Preceded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Captain of H.M.S. Hardy
10 May, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Captain of H.M.S. Musketeer
28 Dec, 1918[10]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Spencer F. Russell
Captain of H.M.S. Minion
26 Mar, 1919[11]
Succeeded by
C&M party at Devonport
15 October, 1919
Preceded by
Arthur Henniker-Heaton
Captain of H.M.S. Satyr
1 Oct, 1919[12]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John C. Hodgson
Captain of H.M.S. Bruce
28 Apr, 1924[13]
Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham
Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla
28 Apr, 1924[14] – late 1924[15][16]
Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
Owen F. Gillett
as King's Harbour Master, Malta
Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Malta
? – 7 Oct, 1930[17]
Succeeded by
John H. Young
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
6 Jan, 1931[18][19]
Succeeded by
Montague G. B. Legge

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 380a.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
  8. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 808.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 847.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  16. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  17. Superseded that day. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Day of month inferred from predecessor being discharged. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.


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