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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Cecil Burnaby Prickett|Cecil B. Prickett]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Curacoa (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Curacoa'']]'''<br>May, 1927{{MackieRNW}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|Harold G. C. Franklin]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Thomas Hugh Binney|Thomas H. Binney]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Hood (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Hood'']]'''<br>30 Aug, 1933{{TaylorHood|p. 230}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Francis Pridham|A. Francis Pridham]]'''}}
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Revision as of 17:02, 29 October 2014

Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.

In May 1927, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa.[1]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[2]

Bibliography

  • "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.

Service Record

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey Blake
Captain of H.M.S. Kite
25 Apr, 1913[3]
Succeeded by
Reginald F. P. Maton
Preceded by
Joseph C. W. Henley
Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance
18 Aug, 1924[4] – 23 Mar, 1927[5]
Succeeded by
Frederick A. Buckley
Preceded by
Cecil B. Prickett
Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa
May, 1927[6]
Succeeded by
Harold G. C. Franklin
Preceded by
Thomas H. Binney
Captain of H.M.S. Hood
30 Aug, 1933[7]
Succeeded by
A. Francis Pridham

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
  4. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 205.
  5. Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 205.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.

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