Ernest Kindersley Loring

Vice-Admiral Ernest K. Loring as a Rear-Admiral, 1922.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral Ernest Kindersley Loring, C.B., (18 October, 1869 – 24 December, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Entering Britannia on 15 January, 1883, Loring became a Midshipman on 15 December, 1885.

In November, 1889, Commander Markham ungenerously recorded that Midshipman Loring was "[w]anting in application. very backward."

On 30 October, 1891, Loring failed a gunnery course. He also failed to pass in pilotage in January, 1892. He passed gunnery in March but again failed pilotage in June before finally making the grade later that month. After these trials, Loring was promoted to Lieutenant on 18 November, 1892.

He was appointed in command of the old Triumph on 12 February, 1903.

Loring was promoted to Commander on 31 December, 1903. On 21 July, 1904 he was appointed to Emerald for the Queenstown Flotilla for the Torpedo Boat Manoeuvres. He finally quit Triumph on 6 May, 1905.

Loring was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1910.

He was appointed in command of the battleship Albion in July, 1915.

On 1 February, 1916, he was appointed in command of the battleship Prince George.

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Indomitable on 13 August, 1917.

Rear-Admiral on 9 March, 1921.

Placed on Retired List on own request on 15 January, 1923.

Advanced to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 8 July, 1926.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt	Captain of H.M.S. Ranger 18 Nov, 1896 – 9 Jan, 1897	Succeeded by David R. Beatty
Preceded by Edward G. Shortland	Captain of H.M.S. Narcissus 16 Jul, 1901 – 17 Nov, 1902	Succeeded by William O. Story
Preceded by Lawrence de W. Satow	Captain of H.M.S. Wanderer 27 Jul, 1901 – Nov, 1903	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Wilmot S. Nicholson	Captain of H.M.S. Welland 6 Mar, 1905 – 10 Mar, 1905	Succeeded by William E. Middleton
Preceded by William E. Middleton	Captain of H.M.S. Wolf 10 Mar, 1905 – 7 Jun, 1905	Succeeded by Philip H. Waterer
Preceded by George P. E. Hunt	Captain of H.M.S. Spartiate 4 Feb, 1910 – 2 Aug, 1910	Succeeded by Edward G. Lowther-Crofton
Preceded by Hugh F. P. Sinclair	Captain of H.M.S. Hibernia 29 Aug, 1912 – 29 Aug, 1913	Succeeded by Alexander Lowndes
Preceded by Bernhard A. Pratt-Barlow	Captain of H.M.S. Hannibal Jul, 1914	Succeeded by John F. Grant-Dalton
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Aquitania 31 Jul, 1914 – Sep, 1914	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Henry R. Crooke	Assistant Director of Naval Equipment 1 Oct, 1914 – 3 Apr, 1915	Succeeded by Henry L. Cochrane
Preceded by Hector L. Watts-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Albion 12 Jul, 1915 – 1 Feb, 1916	Succeeded by Alexander V. Campbell
Preceded by Alexander V. Campbell	Captain of H.M.S. Prince George 1 Feb, 1916 – 15 Mar, 1916	Succeeded by The Hon. Stanhope Hawke
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Cardiff 20 Jun, 1917	Succeeded by Claud H. Sinclair
Preceded by Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair	Captain of H.M.S. Galatea 7 Jul, 1917 – c. 10 Jul, 1917	Succeeded by Charles M. Forbes
Preceded by Michael H. Hodges	Captain of H.M.S. Indomitable 13 Aug, 1917 – 16 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Hugh L. P. Heard
Preceded by Hubert Lynes	Captain of H.M.S. Warspite 17 Jan, 1919 – 4 May, 1920	Succeeded by Francis C. Brown