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Latest revision as of 16:05, 7 April 2022

Rear-Admiral Herbert Pott, M.V.O., Royal Navy, (31 May, 1886 – 4 August, 1945) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1908.[1]

Great War

Pott was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916.[2]

Post-War

On 12 August, 1914, Pott qualified as a signal officer under the old system.[3]

Pott was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1920.[4]

Pott was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1927.[5]

Pott was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cairo in August, 1928.

Pott was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James A. G. Troup
Captain of H.M.S. Cairo
Aug, 1928[7] – 17 Sep, 1930[8]
Succeeded by
Eric P. Vivian
Preceded by
Richard H. L. Bevan
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Rome
? – 2 Aug, 1936[9]
Succeeded by
Robert H. Bevan
Preceded by
Francis H. W. Goolden
Captain of H.M.S. London
20 Jan, 1937[10] – 10 Jan, 1939[11]
Succeeded by
Charles L. Keighly-Peach
Preceded by
Alexander Farrington
as Captain Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard and Senior Naval Officer, Invergordon
Flag Officer in Charge, Invergordon
31 Aug, 1939 – 15 May, 1940
Succeeded by
Charles G. Stuart
Preceded by
Leicester C. A. St. J. Curzon-Howe
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C.
11 Jun, 1940[12] – Sep, 1944[13]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  2. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  3. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  4. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  5. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  6. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 220.
  8. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  9. Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/62. f. 62.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 252.
  11. Pott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/278. f. 310.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1126.
  13. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.