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Cole was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1900.<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>
Cole was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1900.<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>


In June 1903, Cole earned a first-class certificate in torpedoes at Greenwich.  After a brief command appointment in the {{UK-Hasty|f=c}}, Cole joined the junior staff at {{UK-Vernon}} before undertaking a string of service appointments as torpedo officer in a variety of ships, including {{UK-1Resolution}}, {{UK-Glory}} and {{UK-1Renown}}.<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>
In June 1903, Cole earned a first-class certificate in torpedoes at Greenwich.  After a brief command appointment in the {{UK-1Hasty|f=c}}, Cole joined the junior staff at {{UK-Vernon}} before undertaking a string of service appointments as torpedo officer in a variety of ships, including {{UK-1Resolution}}, {{UK-Glory}} and {{UK-1Renown}}.<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>


In 1910, Cole was in command of the {{UK-Jason|f=t}} and delivered unsatisfactory results in a gunlayers' test.  It was felt that he had "[f]ailed to appreciate standard of efficiency required."<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>
In 1910, Cole was in command of the {{UK-Jason|f=t}} and delivered unsatisfactory results in a gunlayers' test.  It was felt that he had "[f]ailed to appreciate standard of efficiency required."<ref>Cole Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/461.|D7603244}}  f. 533.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 6 April 2022

Commander John Francis Herbert Cole (9 December, 1878 – 9 August, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was killed in command of H.M.S. Lynx when she struck a mine.

Life & Career

Born in Newton Abbot. Cole gained twelve months' time on passing out of Britannia.

Cole was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1900.[1]

In June 1903, Cole earned a first-class certificate in torpedoes at Greenwich. After a brief command appointment in the "A" Class destroyer Hasty, Cole joined the junior staff at Vernon before undertaking a string of service appointments as torpedo officer in a variety of ships, including Resolution, Glory and Renown.[2]

In 1910, Cole was in command of the torpedo gunboat Jason and delivered unsatisfactory results in a gunlayers' test. It was felt that he had "[f]ailed to appreciate standard of efficiency required."[3]

While wrapping up a half-year appointment as first and torpedo officer in Prince of Wales, Cole was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1912.[4]

On 12 February, 1913, Commander Cole was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 25.[5]

Cole was appointed in command of the destroyer Albacore in January, 1914.[6]

On 23 May, 1914, Cole was appointed in command of the destroyer Vigilant.[7] He served in her until being appointed to Hecla for Lynx, to take command upon her commissioning.

Cole was killed along with 62 other officers and men when Lynx struck a mine in the North Sea on 9 August, 1915.[8][9]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
A. Dudley P. R. Pound 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 58
11 Jul, 1899[10] – 1 Oct, 1899[11] 		Succeeded by
Archibald Gilbert
Preceded by
Ernest E. Parker 		Captain of H.M.S. Hasty
21 Jul, 1903[12][13] – 18 Aug, 1903[14] 		Succeeded by
Ernest E. Parker
Preceded by
Fitzroy H. Hall 		Captain of H.M.S. Jason
23 Oct, 1909[15][16] – 2 Jan, 1911[17] 		Succeeded by
Gilbert C. Heathcote
Preceded by
Sydney H. Tennyson 		Captain of H.M.S. Gossamer
15 Jan, 1912[18][19] – 29 Jul, 1912[20] 		Succeeded by
F. C. Guy St. Clair
Preceded by
Richard F. White 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 25
12 Feb, 1913[21][22] – Feb, 1914[23] 		Succeeded by
Frank Lumb
Preceded by
Lawrence D'O. Bignell 		Captain of H.M.S. Albacore
Jan, 1914[24] – May, 1914[25] 		Succeeded by
Arthur F. E. Palliser
Preceded by
Henry M. Fothergill 		Captain of H.M.S. Vigilant
23 May, 1914[26] – 12 Jan, 1915[27] 		Succeeded by
William C. Castle
Preceded by
Reginald St. P. Parry 		Captain of H.M.S. Lynx
12 Jan, 1915[28][29] – 9 Aug, 1915[30] 		Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  2. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  3. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 399.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  8. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 131.
  9. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  10. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  11. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  12. ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  13. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  14. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  15. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 334.
  17. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  18. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 321.
  20. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  21. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  23. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  25. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  27. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  28. ↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 395q.
  30. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 131.

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