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{{CaptRN}} '''Melville Adams Hawes''' (12 December, 1886 – ) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Melville Adams Hawes''' (12 December, 1886 – ) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Born in Shanghai and raised by a merchant uncle, Hawes was an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.
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Born in Shanghai and raised by merchant uncle C. E. Hawes, Melville was destined to become an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
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He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1907.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 298.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1907.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
 
He served in {{UK-Venerable}} as gunnery officer and German interpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to {{UK-Colossus}}.
 
He served in {{UK-Venerable}} as gunnery officer and German interpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to {{UK-Colossus}}.
  
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He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 March, 1915.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 298.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 March, 1915.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
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He continued to serve in ''Colossus'' until 11 January, 1918 and finished the war assigned to the Operations Division.
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He continued to serve in ''Colossus'' until 11 January, 1918 and finished the war assigned to the Operations Division.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
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==Post-war==
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Hawes was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1919.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
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Hawes was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1919.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 298.</ref>
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He married Dorothy Stanhope Hobart Kay on 31 January, 1920 and ceased work at the Operations Division on 1 October, 1920.
 
He married Dorothy Stanhope Hobart Kay on 31 January, 1920 and ceased work at the Operations Division on 1 October, 1920.
  
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Service in {{UK-Barham}}, {{UK-Dunedin}}, {{UK-Chatham}}, {{UK-1Southampton}} and {{UK-Calcutta}} took him into 1924.  He then switched to work in the Naval Intelligence Division and remained there until 1933.
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Service in {{UK-Barham}}, {{UK-Dunedin}}, {{UK-Chatham}}, {{UK-1Southampton}} and {{UK-Calcutta}} took him into 1924.  He then switched to work in the Naval Intelligence Division and remained there until 1933.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
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Hawes was placed on the Retired List with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 26 June, 1934.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 298.</ref>
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Hawes was placed on the Retired List with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 26 June, 1934.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
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Hawes was still alive and doing work with the Navy into 1945, but September of that year featured a stay in Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham for Bell's Palsy.
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Hawes was still alive and doing work with the Navy into 1945, but September of that year featured a stay in Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham for Bell's Palsy.<ref>Hawes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/255.|}} f. 298.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 6 April 2022

Captain (retired) Melville Adams Hawes (12 December, 1886 – ) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Shanghai and raised by merchant uncle C. E. Hawes, Melville was destined to become an interpreter in German and a gunnery specialist.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1907.[2]

He served in Venerable as gunnery officer and German interpreter from 8 January, 1913 to 6 January, 1914 and moved directly to Colossus.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1915.[3]

He continued to serve in Colossus until 11 January, 1918 and finished the war assigned to the Operations Division.[4]

Hawes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1919.[5]

He married Dorothy Stanhope Hobart Kay on 31 January, 1920 and ceased work at the Operations Division on 1 October, 1920.

Service in Barham, Dunedin, Chatham, Southampton and Calcutta took him into 1924. He then switched to work in the Naval Intelligence Division and remained there until 1933.[6]

Hawes was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 26 June, 1934.[7]

Hawes was still alive and doing work with the Navy into 1945, but September of that year featured a stay in Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham for Bell's Palsy.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur Marsden 		Captain of H.M.S. Erne
2 Jul, 1912[9] 		Succeeded by
John P. Landon
Preceded by
The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay 		Captain of H.M.S. Southampton
16 Aug, 1924[10] – late 1924[11] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Geoffrey S. F. Nash 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
4 Apr, 1929[12] – 7 Aug, 1933[13] 		Succeeded by
Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  2. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  3. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  4. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  5. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  6. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  7. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  8. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  9. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 38/298.
  10. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  11. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  12. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.
  13. ↑ Hawes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 298.

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