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Revision as of 16:41, 12 July 2016

Commander Henry Cecil Carr, R.N. (28 August, 1872 – 11 March, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Carr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1894.[1]

On 3 September, 1898 Carr was appointed to Tamar additional for command of Sandpiper on the China Station. He was superseded on 3 September, 1901.[2]

Carr was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1905.[3]

Carr was appointed in command of the third class protected cruiser Psyche on 16 September, 1911.[4]

Great War

Carr was killed with almost 200 of his crew when his command, the armed merchant cruiser Bayano, was torpedoed in the North Channel by U 27.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cecil F. Thursby
as Captain of H.M.S. Triumph
Captain of H.M.S. Tenedos
23 Jun, 1909[6] – 15 Jul, 1910[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry B. Montagu
Captain of H.M.S. Psyche
1 Aug, 1914[8] – 14 Feb, 1914[9]
Succeeded by
Herbert J. T. Marshall
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Bayano
23 Nov, 1914[10][11] – 11 Mar, 1915[12][13]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  2. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 13.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 363.
  5. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 75.
  6. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  7. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  8. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  9. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  10. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401d.
  12. Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
  13. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 75.

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