Norman Hugh Rankin

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Captain (retired) Norman Hugh Rankin, (11 July, 1878 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Sutton, the son of engineer H. Rankin. His entry into the Navy seems unusual, in that he apparently entered Britannia on 6 December, 1894 and passed out that same month.[1]

Rankin was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1901.[2]

Rankin was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[3]

Rankin was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 4 June 1920 and was promoted to the rank of Captain on 11 July, 1923.[4]

In August 1948, he was granted permission to proceed to South Africa for approximately eight months.[5]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Howard F. J. Rowley
Senior Naval Officer and D.N.T.O., Inverness
15 Apr, 1918[6]
Succeeded by
Robert G. Corbett
Preceded by
Douglas Hamond-Graeme
as Captain of H.M.S. Tickler
Captain of H.M.S.A.S. Afrikander
15 Jun, 1923[7]
Succeeded by
Harold N. C. Webber
as Captain of H.M.S. Afrikander II

Footnotes

  1. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  2. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  3. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  4. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  5. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  6. Rankin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/28. f. 28.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 297.