Christopher Paul Satow
Commander (retired) Christopher Paul Satow, R.N. (20 August, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of J. A. M. Satow, Esq., the Master of the Supreme Court entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as part of the September 1905 intake term.
In March, 1909, Satow was deprived of one month's time for leave-breaking, but he was only warming up. In April, he was deprived of a further three months' seniority "for causing letter to be sent from house of ill fame to Comr Escombe requesting payment of I.O.U.." This is perhaps the most wonderful sentence I've ever read in a service record. I am uncertain what traffic the two men may have had before this, but Escombe was appointed to H.M.S. Bedford for manoeuvres in June, 1906 and perhaps remained in her long enough to overlap with Satow's stint in her from 15 January, 1907 to 16 January, 1908.
Satow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 January, 1912.[1]
He was appointed to Arrogant for duty as second in command to Lieutenant-Commander Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann in the submarine C 32 on 20 February, 1913.[2]
Satow was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and re-appointed in command of the submarine L 4 on 30 January, 1920.[3]
On 10 January, 1924, K 12 collided with K 2 as they departed Portland. Both were considerably damaged, K 2 having her bows smashed and K 12 with damage 20 feet from the bow on the port side.[4]
Satow was appointed in command of H.M.S. Hornet, the former C.M.B. 102, which was now a C.M.B. Base and for Duty Class I with submarines on the books of Dolphin from 1 October, 1926 to 15 October, 1928.
Satow was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 30 September, 1933.
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by John de B. Jessop |
Captain of H.M.S. A 5 5 Jun, 1915 – 1 Aug, 1915 |
Succeeded by Hugh S. Hornby |
| Preceded by Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann |
Captain of H.M.S. C 32 1 Aug, 1915 – 1 Jan, 1916[Inference] |
Succeeded by Edward G. Stanley |
| Preceded by Edward G. Stanley |
Captain of H.M.S. C 32 Feb, 1916 – 22 Oct, 1917[5] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
| Preceded by Oswald E. Hallifax |
Captain of H.M.S. E 56 19 Mar, 1918 – 6 Mar, 1919 |
Succeeded by Alan D. L. Macpherson |
| Preceded by Claud L. Y. Dering |
Captain of H.M.S. L 4 6 Mar, 1919 – Mar, 1921 |
Succeeded by John H. Owen |
| Preceded by Colin Cantlie |
Captain of H.M.S. L 2 Mar, 1921 – 24 Oct, 1921 |
Succeeded by Thomas I. S. Bell |
| Preceded by Charles de Burgh |
Captain of H.M.S. K 6 30 Jan, 1922 – 25 Sep, 1922 |
Succeeded by Oswald E. Hallifax |
| Preceded by William R. Richardson |
Captain of H.M.S. K 12 15 Nov, 1923[6] – 27 Jul, 1924 |
Succeeded by Guy D'Oyly-Hughes |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 798.
- ↑ "Two Other Submarines in Collision." The Times (London, England), 11 Jan. 1924, p. 10.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 108.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 249.
