Frank Lionel Tongue

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Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Frank Lionel Tongue, R.D., R.N.R. (16 November, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Tongue was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 3 August, 1914. He served in the pre-dreadnought Duncan from July 1915 to April 1917, and was first officer in Doon from June to October, 1917.[1]

Tongue was appointed in command of the gunboat Moth on 2 May, 1918.[2]

Tongue was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 3 August, 1922. He was removed from the List on 8 December, 1926.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Gerald V. C. Knox
Captain of H.M.S. Dalhousie
6 Oct, 1917[4] – 3 Jan, 1918[5]
Succeeded by
Herbert G. Briggs
Preceded by
Henry G. Sherbrooke
Captain of H.M.S. Moth
2 May, 1918[6][7] – 19 Jun, 1919[8]
Succeeded by
Henry A. Simpson

Footnotes

  1. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  3. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.
  4. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.
  5. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.
  6. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  8. Tongue Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/6. f. 6.