Claude William Manners Plenderleath

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Captain (retired) Claude William Manners Plenderleath (7 December, 1863 – 25 September, 1951) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Plenderleath was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 December, 1884.[1]

Plenderleath was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[2]

He was appointed to the armoured cruiser Narcissus on 17 July, 1901. It is not clear if he was in command. He was appointed in command of the sloop Mutine on 28 November, and after completing steam trials in the North Sea on 7 December,[3] left Sheerness on 11 December 1901 to relieve Redpole on the China Station.[4]

Plenderleath was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Captain on 1 August, 1910.[5]

He would be called back to serve in the Great War, being made Assistant Inspector of Steel at Sheffield from 17 May 1916 to 2 March, 1918.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alfred P. Ethelston
Captain of H.M. T.B. 28
11 Oct, 1888[7] – 26 Mar, 1889[8]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Edward S. H. Boyle
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 68
18 Jul, 1889[9][10] – 9 Sep, 1889[11]
Succeeded by
Trevelyan D. W. Napier
Preceded by
Frederick C. D. Sturdee
Captain of H.M. T.B. 72
22 Jul, 1890[12][13] – 25 Aug, 1890[14]
Succeeded by
Leonard C. Lister
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Mutine
28 Nov, 1901[15][16] – 11 Jan, 1904[17]
Succeeded by
Ernest E. Lacy

Footnotes

  1. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  2. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 09, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36633.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Dec 12, 1901; pg. 10; Issue 36636.
  5. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  6. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 12, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32515.
  8. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  9. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  10. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  11. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  12. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  13. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
  14. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  15. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 282.
  17. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.