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Rear-Admiral Richard Anthony Aston Plowden, D.S.O., R.N. (24 May, 1881 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Sheldrake on 20 December, 1912.[1]

Plowden commanded the destroyer leader Hardy when she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[2]

On 28 December, 1918, Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Musketeer.[3]

He was appointed in command of the submarine Satyr on 1 October, 1919.[4]

Plowden was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in January, 1931.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James U. Farie 		Captain of H.M.S. Cheerful
13 May, 1908[5] 		Succeeded by
James U. Farie
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Sheldrake
20 Dec, 1912[6] – mid 1915[7][8] 		Succeeded by
Maurice C. Bomford
Preceded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe 		Captain of H.M.S. Hardy
10 May, 1916[9] – Dec, 1918[10][11] 		Succeeded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by
Edward Eastwick-Field 		Captain of H.M.S. Musketeer
28 Dec, 1918[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Spencer F. Russell 		Captain of H.M.S. Minion
26 Mar, 1919[13] 		Succeeded by
C&M party at Devonport
15 October, 1919
Preceded by
Arthur Henniker-Heaton 		Captain of H.M.S. Satyr
1 Oct, 1919[14] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John C. Hodgson 		Captain of H.M.S. Bruce
28 Apr, 1924[15] 		Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham 		Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla
28 Apr, 1924[16] – late 1924[17][18] 		Succeeded by
John C. Tovey
Preceded by
Owen F. Gillett
as King's Harbour Master, Malta 		Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Malta
? – 7 Oct, 1930[19] 		Succeeded by
John H. Young
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard 		Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
6 Jan, 1931[20][21] 		Succeeded by
Montague G. B. Legge

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 380a.
  2. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 808.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 808.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 808.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 847.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
  18. ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  19. ↑ Superseded that day. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Day of month inferred from predecessor being discharged. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.


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