Alan Cameron Bruce

Alan C. Bruce as a Captain, 1920.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral Alan Cameron Bruce, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (19 January, 1873 – 20 August, 1947) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

He was appointed to at least twenty seagoing commands.

Life & Career

Born in Tor Castle, Bute, N.B..

On 2 March 1895, he was granted leave to attend to "domestic affliction."

Bruce was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Banshee in Spring of 1902.

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1905.

In late 1906, Proserpine collided with Cynthia and Bruce was told to be more careful in future following a Court of Enquiry. It is not immediately clear how he was involved in this misadventure, as he had left command of Cynthia some years earlier.

He qualified as an acting Interpreter in French in June, 1911.

Bruce was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1913.

In December 1913, he assumed command of the depot ship St. George.

On 27 January, 1914, Bruce commissioned the scout cruiser Patrol and took command of the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.

He also was in command of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla at some other point.

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Shannon on 29 November, 1918.

Bruce was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 October, 1923, vice Phillpotts. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 8 October. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 6 April, 1928.

Bruce died "peacefully" at Sunnybrae, Moffat on 20 August, 1947.

Bibliography

• "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 23 August, 1947. Issue 50847, col A, pg. 1.

Service Record

• The National Archives. ADM 196/43.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Thomas P. Bonham	Captain of H.M. T.B. 77 18 Jul, 1894	Succeeded by Rudolf M. Burmester
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Mallard 15 Sep, 1898 – 6 Jan, 1899	Succeeded by Godfrey G. Webster
Preceded by James R. P. Hawksley	Captain of H.M.S. Swordfish 6 Jan, 1899 – 11 Apr, 1899	Succeeded by Charles Tibbits
Preceded by George E. Cave	Captain of H.M.S. Porcupine 11 Apr, 1899 – 10 Sep, 1899[Inference]	Succeeded by Charles P. Beaty-Pownall
Preceded by John K. Laird	Captain of H.M.S. Fawn 26 Oct, 1899 – 23 Nov, 1899	Succeeded by Robert W. Dalgety
Preceded by Hector L. Watts-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Banshee 28 Jul, 1900 – 1 Apr, 1902	Succeeded by Arthur M. Stancomb
Preceded by Francis E. Walters	Captain of H.M.S. Skate mid 1902	Succeeded by James U. Farie
Preceded by James W. G. Innes	Captain of H.M.S. Cynthia mid 1902	Succeeded by Arthur K. Macrorie
Preceded by Eustace La T. Leatham	Captain of H.M.S. Partridge 30 Jun, 1903 – 30 Nov, 1904	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Anselan J. B. Stirling	Captain of H.M.S. Vulture 23 Jan, 1905 – 5 Apr, 1905	Succeeded by Frank Powell
Preceded by Anselan J. B. Stirling	Captain of H.M.S. Dove 6 Apr, 1905 – 7 Apr, 1906	Succeeded by Duncan H. Carmichael
Preceded by Duncan H. Carmichael	Captain of H.M.S. Usk 7 Apr, 1906 – 28 May, 1906	Succeeded by Cyril P. Ryan
Preceded by John A. Gregory	Captain of H.M.S. Kale 28 May, 1906 – 1 Oct, 1906	Succeeded by Cecil H. Fox
Preceded by Cecil H. Fox	Captain of H.M.S. Waveney 1 Oct, 1906 – 11 Jun, 1907	Succeeded by James W. G. Innes
Preceded by Harry L. d'E. Skipwith	Captain of H.M.S. Garry 11 Jun, 1907 – 14 Jan, 1908	Succeeded by Percy Johnson
Preceded by Cecil H. Fox	Captain of H.M.S. Kale 14 Jan, 1908 – 20 Jan, 1909	Succeeded by Bernhard A. Pratt-Barlow
Preceded by Charles P. R. Coode	Captain of H.M.S. Forward 26 Jan, 1909 – 26 Jan, 1911	Succeeded by Charles J. Wintour
Preceded by Edmund C. Carver	Captain of H.M.S. Terrible 7 Feb, 1911 – 28 Feb, 1911	Succeeded by Joseph R. Bridson
Preceded by Frederic G. Bird	Captain of H.M.S. Vengeance 11 Jul, 1911 – 24 Aug, 1912	Succeeded by Francis E. M. Garforth
Preceded by Vincent B. Molteno	Captain of H.M.S. St. George 10 Dec, 1913 – 27 Jan, 1914	Succeeded by Cecil D. S. Raikes
Preceded by Henry W. Osburn	Captain of H.M.S. Patrol 27 Jan, 1914 – 14 Feb, 1918	Succeeded by Robert A. Hornell
Preceded by Edward G. Lowther-Crofton	Captain (D), Ninth Destroyer Flotilla 27 Jan, 1914 – 14 Feb, 1918	Succeeded by Roger L'E. M. Rede
Preceded by Robert A. Hornell	Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla ?	Succeeded by Harry R. Godfrey
Preceded by Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth	Captain of H.M.S. Shannon 29 Nov, 1918	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Charles Tibbits	Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops 6 Mar, 1919 – 28 Jan, 1920	Succeeded by Harry T. Mosse