Frank Ripley Gandy

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Chief Gunner Frank Ripley Gandy, R.N. (18 July, 1879 – 17 May, 1929) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gandy was promoted to the rank of Gunner on 18 July, 1906 and confirmed in the rank on 11 April, 1908.

Gandy was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 93 on 9 May, 1911.[1]

On 1 August, 1914, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 077.[2]

Gandy was promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner on 13 September, 1918. He was pensioned as physically unfit on 6 November 1918, having been disgnosed with heart disease at Dover.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Leonard W. Brock 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 93
9 May, 1911[3] – 23 May, 1914 		Succeeded by
Fabian J. Pearse
Preceded by
George Harris 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 077
1 Aug, 1914[4] – 15 Jun, 1915 		Succeeded by
William A. Thompson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 401a.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401a.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 402.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.

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