Reginald Burnard Darke

Rear-Admiral Reginald Burnard Darke, C.B., D.S.O., RN. (22 August, 1885 – 1962) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Darke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.

He was appointed to the submarine C 13, additional, on 27 May, 1909. He left on 1 March, 1910 to take command of the submarine A 7. Successively, he was placed in command of B 1 on 8 August, 1910 and C 16 on 5 January, 1911. This string of undersea work was broken when he was appointed to King George V of the Second Battle Squadron on 14 December, 1912. This appointment would carry him well into the war.

Great War

Darke left King George V on 1 July, 1915 when he was appointed in command of the submarine C 1.

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1915, Darke was to remain in C1 until 1 January, 1916.

A year and a half in command of G 2 followed, then a year in L 1.

Darke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.

Post-War

Darke was appointed in command of the minesweeper Ross in November, 1919. He remained in her until being superseded on 15 November, 1923.

Darke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1926.

In December, 1926, Darke was appointed in command of the light cruiser Conquest.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 June, 1937 and placed on the Retired List under the provisions of the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914 the next day.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Claude C. Dobson	Captain of H.M.S. A 7 1 Mar, 1910 – 8 Aug, 1910	Succeeded by Roland A. V. Durell
Preceded by Archibald D. Cochrane	Captain of H.M.S. B 1 8 Aug, 1910 – 5 Jan, 1911	Succeeded by William R. D. Crowther
Preceded by William J. Foster	Captain of H.M.S. C 16 5 Jan, 1911 – 4 Dec, 1912	Succeeded by Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. G 2 1 Jan, 1916 – 8 Jun, 1917	Succeeded by Henry N. Lake
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. L 1 8 Jun, 1917 – 9 Sep, 1918	Succeeded by Colin G. MacArthur
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence	Captain of H.M.S. K 2 9 Sep, 1918 – 7 May, 1919	Succeeded by Victor E. Ward
Preceded by Brownlow V. Layard	Captain of H.M.S. Ross Nov, 1919 – 15 Nov, 1923	Succeeded by James L. Boyd
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Captain of H.M.S. Maidstone 1 Jan, 1924 – 31 Mar, 1926	Succeeded by Colin Cantlie
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Commander (S), Third Submarine Flotilla 1 Jan, 1924 – 31 Mar, 1926	Succeeded by Colin Cantlie
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Captain of H.M.S. Lucia 14 Jun, 1926 – 31 Dec, 1926	Succeeded by Colin Cantlie
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Captain (S), Second Submarine Flotilla 14 Jun, 1926 – 31 Dec, 1926	Succeeded by Colin Cantlie
Preceded by Robert R. Turner	Captain of H.M.S. Conquest 31 Dec, 1926 – 25 Mar, 1928	Succeeded by James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by Robert R. Turner	Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla 31 Dec, 1926 – Dec, 1928	Succeeded by Frederick H. Taylor
Preceded by Charles de Burgh	Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops 25 Mar, 1928 – 1928	Succeeded by Frederick H. Taylor
Preceded by George H. Knowles	Captain of H.M.S. Douglas 1928 – Dec, 1928	Succeeded by Frederick H. Taylor
Preceded by Robert R. Turner	Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin 15 Jun, 1929 – 4 Aug, 1931	Succeeded by Frederick H. Taylor
Preceded by Philip E. Phillips	Captain of H.M.S. Enterprise 8 Jul, 1932 – 15 Jan, 1935	Succeeded by Charles E. Morgan