Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope
Commander (retired) Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope, D.S.O., O.B.E., R.N. (2 March, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He woudl be one of the early submarine commanders, spending six years in the small and rather hazardous coastal submarines that marked the Royal Navy's first ventures into undersea warfare.
Life & Career
Pope was born in Shropshire the son of Reverend A. Pope.
He entered the Royal Navy when he joined H.M.S. Britannia with the September, 1902 intake term.[1]
Upon emerging with a rather spare 6 weeks seniority, he went to the China Station in the Glory in mid-January, 1904 and remained in her through her migration to the Channel Fleet in October 1905. On 6 November 1906 he was appointed to the battleship Africa.[2]
On 15 August 1908 he was appointed to Mercury for instruction in submarines. He emerged on 1 Febraury 1909 and was appointed to Forth to serve in B 6. Pope was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1909 and remained in B 6 until 24 May 1911 when he received his first submarine command, the rather diminutive A 7. He would spend a half year in her before being appointed in command of the C 35 on 8 November 1911.[3]
Pope was placed in command of B 5 on 1 May, 1912. After ten months in command there, he was appointed in command of C 38 on 4 March, 1913.
Pope was appointed to the battleship Vanguard on 6 February, 1916 and would fight in her at the Battle of Jutland.
Pope was appointed in command of the patrol boat PC 67 on 19 June, 1917.[4] On 5 August, 1917 she would engage a German submarine with PC 60, which the Admiralty at the time judged had damaged or destroyed the enemy submarine. He was mentioned in despatches, gazetted 19 September 1917.[5]
Pope was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1917.
Pope was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 2 October, 1929.
World War II
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Roland A. V. Durell |
Captain of H.M.S. A 7 24 May, 1911[6] – 8 Nov, 1911[7] |
Succeeded by Henry P. Hughes |
| Preceded by James C. Wahab |
Captain of H.M.S. C 35 8 Nov, 1911[8] – 1 May, 1912[9] |
Succeeded by Robert H. T. Raikes |
| Preceded by Cecil P. Talbot |
Captain of H.M.S. B 5 1 May, 1912[10][11] – 4 Mar, 1913 |
Succeeded by Thomas Kerr |
| Preceded by John R. A. Codrington |
Captain of H.M.S. C 38 4 Mar, 1913[12][13] – 13 Mar, 1915 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. V 2 24 Jan, 1915[14] – 6 Feb, 1916[15] |
Succeeded by A. Gordon Hine |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. PC 67 19 Jun, 1917[16] – 26 Feb, 1919 |
Succeeded by Cradock W. C. J. Nowell |
| Preceded by Aubrey E. D. Moore |
Captain of H.M.S. P38 26 Feb, 1919[17] – 2 Sep, 1920 |
Succeeded by Frederick A. Richardson |
| Preceded by Ernest E. A. Betts |
Resident Naval Officer and in Command Naval Depot, Port Said 17 Sep, 1935 – 24 Apr, 1936 |
Succeeded by Henry A. Simpson as Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said |
Footnotes
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95. f. 456.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1912, p. 6.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 6 Mar. 1913, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 377a.
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95
- ↑ Pope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/95
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 860.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 857.
