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Revision as of 20:37, 10 May 2014

Admiral Charles F. Corbett as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1729).

Admiral Charles Frederick Corbett, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (21 November, 1867 – 29 January, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Corbett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1891.[1]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Janus on 25 August, 1899.[2] Corbett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June 1907.

Corbett was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Blake on 25 June, 1908.[3]

On 16 September 1911, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Flora, recommissioning her at Colombo for service with the China Station.[4]

Corbett was appointed in command of the battleship Glory on 1 August, 1914.[5]

He was to become Captain of the battleship Jupiter on 16 March, 1916.[6]

Corbett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1919, vice Oliver.[7] He was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Rosyth Reserve on 1 May, 1919.[8] He was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, dated 14 October, 1922.[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924.[10] He was advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 22 February, 1928.[11]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26121. p. 4. 2 January, 1891.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 9 August, 1899. Issue 35903, col D, p. 4.
  3. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 285.
  4. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 313-5.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 323.
  6. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395o-p.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 364. 7 January, 1919.
  8. The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 694.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 32761. p. 7535. 27 October, 1922.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 33362. p. 1494. 2 March, 1928.

Bibliography

"Adml. Charles Corbett" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1955. Issue 53153, col E, p. 8.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Trevylyan D. W. Napier
Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet,
Rosyth

1919 – 1920
Succeeded by
Crawford Maclachlan