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{{CaptRN}} '''Gerald Douglas Yates''', (22 July, 1893 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Gerald Douglas Yates''', (22 July, 1893 – 29 October, 1954) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Yates was the son of Medical Practitioner Arthur Yates.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
  
 
Yates passed out of [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] in April, 1910 ranked 52nd of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.</ref>
 
Yates passed out of [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] in April, 1910 ranked 52nd of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.<ref>"Naval And Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.</ref>
  
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On 4 November 1915 he was sent home, suffering from influenza.
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Yates was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1916.  On 25 April, he was appointed to the {{UK-Bristol|f=t}}, in which he would serve for two years, seeing action at the [[Battle of the Strait of Otranto]] on 14-15 May, 1917.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
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Yates was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 March, 1924.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
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Yates was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1929.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
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After serving as executive officer in the monitor [[H.M.S. Marshal Ney (1915)|''Drake'']] (formerly ''Marshal Ney''), Yates was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1936.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Court Martialed at Rosyth on 2 July 1940, Yates was severely reprimanded for stranding {{UK-Penelope}}.
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Yates was loaned to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] on 16 October 1940.
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Yates was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 21 November, 1945.  He would die of tuberculosis in 1954.<ref>Yates Service Record.  {{TNA|196/55/169.|}} f. 169.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 9 May 2022

Captain Gerald Douglas Yates, (22 July, 1893 – 29 October, 1954) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Yates was the son of Medical Practitioner Arthur Yates.[1]

Yates passed out of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April, 1910 ranked 52nd of 77 cadets in marks on the Part I examination.[2]

On 4 November 1915 he was sent home, suffering from influenza.

Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1916. On 25 April, he was appointed to the light cruiser Bristol, in which he would serve for two years, seeing action at the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on 14-15 May, 1917.[3]

Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1924.[4]

Yates was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[5]

After serving as executive officer in the monitor Drake (formerly Marshal Ney), Yates was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1936.[6]

World War II

Court Martialed at Rosyth on 2 July 1940, Yates was severely reprimanded for stranding Penelope.

Yates was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 16 October 1940.

Yates was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 21 November, 1945. He would die of tuberculosis in 1954.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Folkestone
13 May, 1930[8] – 1931[9] 		Succeeded by
Neville D. B. Taylor
Preceded by
Neville D. B. Taylor 		Captain of H.M.S. Fowey
31 Oct, 1931[10] – Jun, 1932[11] 		Succeeded by
Sir Philip W. Bowyer-Smyth
Preceded by
FitzRoy E. P. Hutton 		Captain of H.M.S. Penelope
25 Aug, 1939[12] – 12 Sep, 1940[13] 		Succeeded by
Alan M. Harris

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  2. ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 30, 1910; pg. 5; Issue 39260.
  3. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  4. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  5. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  6. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  7. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  8. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  9. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  10. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  11. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  12. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.
  13. ↑ Yates Service Record. The National Archives. 196/55/169. f. 169.

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