Vincent Byrne Cardwell
Captain Vincent Byrne Cardwell, O.B.E., R.N., Retired (28 May, 1886 – 20 September, 1955) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Edgbaston and raised by his mother.
Early service in Bacchante and Montagu before being appointed to the destroyer Violet for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1906.
Cardwell was appointed to Ardent on 16 July, 1907 and remained in her in lieu of a Sub-lieutenant after being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1907.
In early 1911, he was treated at Haslar for gonorrhea.
Having studied navigation, Cardwell found himself in Minerva as first and navigating officer on 12 June 1914, and named acting Commander by the C-in-C on 10 January, 1915. He was cautioned after the ship grounded in Mik[illeg] Channel.
Cardwell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1915 and was again made an acting commander on 19 October, 1916. He remained in Minerva, having shed his navigational role and become the ship's executive officer.
He moved to the light cruiser Glasgow as executive officer in June 1918.
Post-War
Glasgow paid off on 15 April, 1919. In August 1919, he was removed from the list of (N) officers on his request and from then to April 1920, Cardwell was put in command of the sweeping sloop Sir Bevis.
Cardwell was recommended by Admiral Tupper in August 1920 for inducing hunger strikers aboard his convoy sloop H.M.S. Heather to take food. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1921.
Cardwell was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 28 May, 1932.
World War II
Commanded a ship which he grounded and collided with a steamer.
See Also
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Albert S. Elwell-Sutton |
Captain of H.M.S. Sir Bevis 18 Aug, 1919 – 24 Apr, 1920 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Irving M. Palmer |
Captain of H.M.S. Heather 24 Apr, 1920 – 1 Aug, 1921 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey C. Candy |
| Preceded by Bernard Buxton |
Captain of H.M.S. Veronica 7 Sep, 1922[1] – 1 Mar, 1925 |
Succeeded by Philip Hordern |
| Preceded by Francis D. Mowat |
Captain of H.M.S. Daffodil 11 Oct, 1927[2][3] – 28 Oct, 1929 |
Succeeded by Alexander G. B. Wilson |
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