Robert Warren Johnson

Captain Robert Warren Johnson, Royal Navy (10 May, 1868 – 22 September, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Essex, Johnson gained eight months' time on passing out of Britannia. On 24 July, 1883, he was appointed to his first ship, the Agincourt of the Channel Squadron.

Johnson scored 1,362 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming first out of his batch of twenty.

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1891.

He was appointed to H.M.S. Vernon to qualify in torpedoes on 30 September 1892. In July 1894, he was awarded a third class certificate as a torpedo lieutenant.

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1904, having requalified as a Lieutenant (T) at the beginning of the year.

He married on 11 July, 1906, Grace Isobel, fourth daughter of the late Algernon Paley, and had two sons and one daughter.

Johnson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1910.

In December 1913, Johnson assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Europa for a voyage out and home. In March, 1914, he attended a War Course, being on the books of President until June.

Great War

In the Test Mobilisation, Johnson was appointed in command of the battleship Victorious. On 1 August, he was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Cressy of the Seventh Cruiser Squadron. He was lost in action September 22 when she was torpedoed with Hogue and Aboukir in the North Sea.

See Also

• Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Mortimer L'E. Silver	Captain of H.M.S. Jaseur 5 Jan, 1903 – 27 Feb, 1903	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Reginald H. Curteis	Captain of H.M.S. Niger 28 Feb, 1903 – 5 Jan, 1905	Succeeded by Richard H. Walters
Preceded by Edgar Lees	Captain of H.M.S. Forth 5 Jan, 1905 – May, 1905	Succeeded by Sydney S. Hall
Preceded by Sydney S. Hall	Captain of H.M.S. Hazard May, 1905 – 18 Apr, 1906	Succeeded by Frederick L. Attenborough
Preceded by Edgar Lees	Captain of H.M.S. Thames 18 Apr, 1906 – 12 Nov, 1906	Succeeded by Frank Brandt
Preceded by Maurice S. FitzMaurice	Captain of H.M.S. Forth 12 Nov, 1906 – 5 Jan, 1909	Succeeded by Albert P. Addison
Preceded by Michael Culme-Seymour	Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan 5 Jan, 1909 – 1 Oct, 1913	Succeeded by Vernon H. S. Haggard
Preceded by Thomas D. Pratt	Captain of H.M.S. Europa 16 Dec, 1913 – 2 Mar, 1914	Succeeded by Gerald W. Vivian
Preceded by Ernest S. Carey	Captain of H.M.S. Cressy 1 Aug, 1914 – 22 Sep, 1914	Succeeded by Vessel Lost