George Arthur Scott

Rear-Admiral George Arthur Scott, D.S.C., R.N. (5 September, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Bath the son of Dr. R. J. H. Scott.

Scott emerged from Britannia in September 1904 and was appointed to Kent of the Cruiser Squadron for just shy of one year before being sent to join Hindustan in the Atlantic Fleet for two years and four months.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1910.

On 9 February, 1914 while studying at Osborne College, Scott was admitted to Haslar Hospital for an injured knee. He returned to service on 6 March.

Great War

Scott was to be appointed to Collingwood on 1 August, but this was cancelled and a week later he was appointed to the monitor Severn. He was invalided from her at Simonstown on 8 September, 1915 with further knee problems. This was now labelled a "derangement" of the knee and he was not fit until 8 December when he was appointed to Tyne for command of the "C" Class destroyer Bat.

On 2 April, 1916, he was appointed from Bat to assume command of the River Class destroyer Arun.

On 3 July, 1918, he applied for consideration for command of a destroyer working with the Grand Fleet. In 1918, his Mons damaged the steamer S.S. Minnedosa and Scott was faulted to going too fast when a tug might have been necessary to assist in turning.

Scott's desired for Grand Fleet work was satisfied when he was appointed in command of the destroyer Urchin, a unit of the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla on 22 August, 1918.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1918.

Post-War

Though Scott was only briefly in command of H.M.S. Starfish, he was blamed for damaging Lydiard when Starfish collided with her on 17 October, 1919.

Scott was appointed in command of the destroyer Rival on 18 November, 1919.

On 1 January, 1921, Scott was appointed in command of the destroyer Stormcloud.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1923.

A Court of Enquiry into a collision between Watchman and Velox on 17 September, 1929 found that he was slightly to blame for not signaling "stop engines" in the incident.

Scott was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1931.

He was appointed to the light cruiser Belfast on 24 April, 1939, to take command upon her commissioning for trials. However, he was diagnosed with "nervous dyspepsia" on 15 January, 1940, and so left Belfast on 29 January for duty outside the Admiralty not exceeding six months.

In 1939 or 1940, Scott incurred the "severe displeasure" of the Admiralty for having a naval photograph printed in the Times.

World War II

Scott was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941 and placed on the Retired List the following day.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Desmond Maxwell	Captain of H.M.S. Bat 8 Dec, 1915 – 2 Apr, 1916	Succeeded by Arthur H. Hignett
Preceded by Desmond Maxwell	Captain of H.M.S. Arun 2 Apr, 1916 – 1 Aug, 1916	Succeeded by Francis E. Wright
Preceded by Charles G. Stuart	Captain of H.M.S. Nymphe 1 Aug, 1916 – 2 Jan, 1917	Succeeded by Sydney L. K. Lawford
Preceded by Robert Makin	Captain of H.M.S. Mons 2 Jan, 1917 – 13 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by Hugh J. Woodward
Preceded by Hugh J. Woodward	Captain of H.M.S. Mons 3 Mar, 1918 – Aug, 1918	Succeeded by Geoffrey N. Henson
Preceded by Guy P. Bowles	Captain of H.M.S. Urchin 22 Aug, 1918 – 15 Jun, 1919	Succeeded by Herbert M. Hughes
Preceded by Reginald Nash	Captain of H.M.S. Turquoise 15 Jun, 1919 – 1 Oct, 1919	Succeeded by Philip A. Heyder
Preceded by Ralph Kerr	Captain of H.M.S. Starfish 1 Oct, 1919 – Nov, 1919	Succeeded by John D. Harvey
Preceded by Alfred E. Evans	Captain of H.M.S. Rival 18 Nov, 1919 – 1 Jan, 1921	Succeeded by Richard L. Dearden
Preceded by Francis W. D. Twigg	Captain of H.M.S. Stormcloud 1 Jan, 1921 – May, 1921	Succeeded by Percival C. W. Manwaring
Preceded by Henry A. Binmore	Captain of H.M.S. Whitshed May, 1921	Succeeded by Walter F. Smithwick
Preceded by Percival C. W. Manwaring	Captain of H.M.S. Venturous 22 Jan, 1923 – 20 Mar, 1923	Succeeded by Austen G. Lilley
Preceded by Leslie T. Creery Hill	Captain of H.M.S. Viceroy 20 Mar, 1923 – 7 Jan, 1924	Succeeded by Hugh E. Raymond
Preceded by William G. Halliley	Captain of H.M.S. Springbok 10 Jul, 1924 – 25 Aug, 1924	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hugh Gartside-Tippinge	Captain of H.M.S. Watchman 1 Aug, 1929 – 31 Jul, 1931	Succeeded by Austen G. Lilley
Preceded by Guy O. Lydekker	Captain of H.M.S. Ceres 12 May, 1932 – 17 Nov, 1933	Succeeded by William B. Hynes
Preceded by William E. C. Tait	Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence 17 Nov, 1933 – Jan, 1936	Succeeded by Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge
Preceded by Cuthbert J. Pope as Captain of H.M.A.S. Platypus	Captain of H.M.A.S. Penguin 11 Jun, 1936	Succeeded by Henry C. Phillips
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Belfast 24 Apr, 1939 – 29 Jan, 1940	Succeeded by Charles M. Blackman