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Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>
Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>


He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of {{UK-2Ardent}} along with an Engineer named Baker in October 1899.  The Admiralty presumed he had "met his death."<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>
He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of {{UK-2Ardent}} along with an Engineer named A. Baker on 8 October 1899.  They had departed ''Ardent'' in a boat and a squall had kicked up.  Some time later, the boat they had been in was found on a shore, but the men were never located.  The Admiralty presumed their boat had capsized and that they had died.<ref>Walters Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>{{NMI|12 Oct. 1899, p. 6}}


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Revision as of 15:58, 2 February 2022

Lieutenant Francis Elliott Walters, R.N. (23 April, 1871 – 1899) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Colonel Walters of Liverpool.

Walters was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1893.[1]

He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of Ardent along with an Engineer named A. Baker on 8 October 1899. They had departed Ardent in a boat and a squall had kicked up. Some time later, the boat they had been in was found on a shore, but the men were never located. The Admiralty presumed their boat had capsized and that they had died.[2][3]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John G. Armstrong
Captain of H.M.S. Skate
10 Aug, 1898[4]
Succeeded by
Alan C. Bruce

Footnotes

  1. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  2. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 12 Oct. 1899, p. 6.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 297.