Colin Rose St. George Tucker

Commander (retired) Colin Rose St. George Tucker, (3 September, 1885 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Tucker's Service Record contains a considerable number of health-related events. He cannot have been a man of hale spirit.

Tucker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on 1 April, 1913.

Tucker was to be placed in command of Carnation on 1 April, 1919, but this was cancelled and he was sent to Blenheim briefly before being appointed in command of the destroyer H.M.S. Nymphe, temporarily.

Tucker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.

In command of the fishery protection trawler Dee from 14 October 1921 to 12 November, 1921.

Tucker was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander (retired) on 1 March, 1929.

In late August 1937, he was appointed for for instruction in boom defence at Rosyth and then was placed in charge of the Boom Defence in Singapore on 4 December. In January, 1941, he was granted the acting rank of Commander while holding that appointment.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Barry V. Sturdee	Captain of H.M.S. Carnation 1 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Aubrey C. Thursfield	Captain of H.M.S. Nymphe 25 Jun, 1919 – 23 Oct, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Ivan W. Whitehorn	Captain of H.M.S. Woodlark Jan, 1923 – Mar, 1925	Succeeded by Bryan ff. Wingfield
Preceded by Noel H. Beaver	Captain of H.M.S. Cricket 5 Mar, 1925 – May, 1925	Succeeded by Guy N. W. Boyes
Preceded by Edward O. Broadley	Captain of H.M.S. Rowena 20 Mar, 1926 – 18 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Roland F. B. Swinley
Preceded by Stanley F. W. Laidlaw	Captain of H.M.S. Tara 18 Jul, 1926 – 15 Mar, 1927	Succeeded by The Hon. Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin
Preceded by ?	Boom Defence Officer, Gibraltar 4 Aug, 1942 – 4 Sep, 1942	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Boom Defence Officer, Saldanha Bay 4 Sep, 1942 – 4 Oct, 1943	Succeeded by ?