Thomas Hope Troubridge

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Vice-Admiral SIR Thomas Hope Troubridge, K.C.B., D.S.O.* (1 February, 1895 – 29 September, 1949) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Ernest C. T. Troubridge.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1916.[1]

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1924.[2]

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[3]

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1934.[4]

World War II

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 January, 1943.[5]

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 January, 1947.[6]

Troubridge was informed on 18 August, 1949 that he was to be placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 15 October, but he died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 29 September.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Walter N. T. Beckett
Captain of H.M.S. Voyager
21 Dec, 1930[8][9] – 10 Sep, 1931[10]
Succeeded by
Benjamin C. S. Martin
Preceded by
Charles T. Beard
Captain of H.M.S. Windsor
4 May, 1933[11] – 11 Feb, 1935[12]
Succeeded by
Cecil L. Howe
Preceded by
Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould
Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
23 Jul, 1936[13] – 14 Sep, 1939[14]
Succeeded by
Richard Shelley
Preceded by
Marshal L. Clarke
Captain of H.M.S. Furious
1 Jan, 1940[15][16] – 14 Dec, 1940[17]
Succeeded by
Arthur G. Talbot
Preceded by
Geoffrey J. A. Miles
Captain of H.M.S. Nelson
14 Jun, 1941[18] – 3 Jan, 1942[19]
Succeeded by
Duncan C. Hill
Preceded by
Sir Denis W. Boyd
Fifth Sea Lord
1 May, 1945[20] – 25 Sep, 1946[21]
Succeeded by
Sir Philip L. Vian

Footnotes

  1. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  2. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  3. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  4. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  5. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  6. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  7. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  8. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 285.
  10. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 293.
  12. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  13. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  14. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  15. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.
  21. Troubridge Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/65. f. 65.