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Rear-Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson, D.S.O., V.C., ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March, 1906, and appointed to Monarch on 27 March, 1912.[1]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 March, 1914.[2]

Dobson was appointed in command of the submarine C 27 on 7 April, 1914.[3] On 20 July, 1915, C 27 sank U 23 off Fair Island.[4][5]

Dobson was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1918.[6] He then started to work with small torpedo craft, and was awarded the Victoria Cross in recognition that on 18 August, 1919 his C.M.B. 31BD scored two torpedo hits on a Russian battleship in Kronstadt harbour.

On the strength of this success, Dobson was appointed to Osea for command of a C.M.B. flotilla on 18 December, 1919.[7]

Dobson was appointed in command of the light cruiser Colombo in October, 1927.[8]

In October, 1931, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cambrian.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. A 7
1 May, 1909[10] 		Succeeded by
Reginald B. Darke
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. B 10
1 Mar, 1910[11] 		Succeeded by
Samuel M. G. Gravener
Preceded by
Henry H. G. D. Stoker 		Captain of H.M.S. B 5
25 Jul, 1911[12][13] 		Succeeded by
Rowland K. C. Pope
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. White 		Captain of H.M.S. C 27
7 Apr, 1914[14] – after 20 Jul, 1915[15] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James W. Murray 		Captain of H.M.S. Colombo
Oct, 1927[16] 		Succeeded by
Aubrey T. Tillard
Preceded by
Cecil N. Reyne 		Captain of H.M.S. Cambrian
Oct, 1931[17] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). pp. 22, 346.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 121.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 396a.
  4. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 5.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 346c.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 819-20.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/15
  11. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 317.
  13. ↑ Dobson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/15
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 396.
  15. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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