Ambrose Maynard Peck

Vice-Admiral (retired) Ambrose Maynard Peck, D.S.O., (24 October, 1877 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Peck gained a generous ten months time on passing out of Britannia in July of 1893 and proceeded to his first appointment in the Hood in the Mediterranean, lasting from August to October, 1893. He was next appointed to the second class battleship Nile on 13 October 1893. He was loaned to Tribune for the manoeuvres of summer 1897 and then appointed to Thrush at the Cape of Good Hope on 14 June, 1898.

Peck was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 June, 1899.

Peck was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1911.

Commander Peck was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 114 on 24 January, 1912.

Great War

Peck was promoted to the rank of Captain on 21 April, 1917.

He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Diana on 29 September, 1917.

Curiously, Peck was also appointed in command of H.M.S. Swift on 1 October, 1917, remaining in her through the end of the war.

Post-War

He was appointed in command of the battleship Benbow in April 1926.

Peck was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 February, 1928 and placed on the Retired List the following day.

Peck was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 November, 1932.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by George A. Rooke	Captain of H.M. T.B. 78 21 Jul, 1903 – 18 Aug, 1903	Succeeded by Hamilton J. B. Hall
Preceded by Alexander R. Palmer	Captain of H.M.S. Bullfinch 14 Jul, 1904 – 20 Mar, 1905	Succeeded by William F. Blunt
Preceded by Albert M. H. Phillips	Captain of H.M. T.B. 114 24 Jan, 1912 – 14 Apr, 1913	Succeeded by Hubert S. Monroe
Preceded by Francis R. Scarlett	Captain of H.M.S. Recruit 14 Apr, 1913 – 6 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Charles A. W. Wrightson
Preceded by ?	Captain of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla 14 Apr, 1913 – 6 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Charles A. W. Wrightson
Preceded by Arthur J. Power	Captain of H.M.S. Eden 21 Sep, 1914 – 14 Mar, 1916	Succeeded by Alastair C. N. Farquhar
Preceded by Wilfred A. Thompson	Captain of H.M.S. Martin 14 Mar, 1916 – 29 Sep, 1916	Succeeded by Roger L'E. M. Rede
Preceded by Robert H. Coppinger	Captain of H.M.S. Swift 29 Sep, 1916 – 1 Oct, 1917	Succeeded by Reginald T. Amedroz
Preceded by Charles A. Scott	Captain of H.M.S. Diana 29 Sep, 1917 – 3 Mar, 1920	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Geoffrey Mackworth	Captain of H.M.S. Delhi 5 Jul, 1920 – 25 Aug, 1920	Succeeded by Francis W. L. Tottenham
Preceded by John M. Casement	Captain of H.M.S. Benbow 10 Apr, 1926 – 15 Aug, 1927	Succeeded by Alfred F. B. Carpenter