Bertie William Bluett
Lieutenant-Commander Bertie William Bluett (26 April, 1883 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of retired Colonel C. E. L. Bluett was born in Jersey. Though he passed from Britannia with four months' time, his "fair" conduct meant that quarterly reports were to be immediately required of him as he entered his first appointment, in Repulse of the Channel Squadron. Captain Groome reported that Bluett seemed to be doing well, and reports were suspended when he left Repulse for Isis.
Bluett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1904.[1]
He would serve in the famous battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought fbetween September 1906 and November of 1908 before undertaking a string of command appointments in destroyers and torpedo boats.
In 1911, he was thought to have travelled from Glasgow to Troon by rail without paying. He later remitted the funds, but his explanation of the incident was considered inadequate.
Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1912, Bluett was relieved of command of Usk by the Commander-in-Chief, China on 21 October, 1912 following some dishonoured cheques and absences ashore when bad weather loomed. He was informed that serious consequences would follow any subsequent misconduct and he was appointed to join the armoured cruiser Monmouth. This punitive appointment would prove to be long, and ultimately deadly, as Bluett was among those killed when Monmouth was lost at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, 1914.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Reginald Gregory |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 57 3 Jan, 1905[2][3] – 25 Sep, 1906 |
Succeeded by Edward W. MacKichan |
| Preceded by James C. Holmes |
Captain of H.M.S. Daring 30 Nov, 1908 – c. 18 Mar, 1909 |
Succeeded by Hugh Hamilton-Gordon |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 32 18 Mar, 1909[4] – 10 Sep, 1910 |
Succeeded by Hamilton C. Allen |
| Preceded by Hamilton C. Allen |
Captain of H.M.S. Locust 10 Sep, 1910[5] – 11 Jul, 1911 |
Succeeded by Clement R. Dane |
| Preceded by Arthur F. Crutchley |
Captain of H.M.S. Leopard 11 Jul, 1911 – 19 Sep, 1911 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey T. Wright |
| Preceded by Theodore E. J. Bigg |
Captain of H.M.S. Usk 19 Sep, 1911[6] – 21 Oct, 1912 |
Succeeded by Wellwood G. C. Maxwell |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 401a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 341.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 388.
