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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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From 19 August to 11 November, 1913, Donovan was 4th Mate in R.M.S. ''Lusitania''.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>


Donovan was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on  
Donovan was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 13 June, 1915.  He served from late February to 18 November of that year in the {{UK-Superb|f=t}}.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>
 
He commanded the {{UK-Vixen|f=c}} from June, 1916 until 31 July, 1917.  He collided with submarine {{UK-J5}} in September 1916, and was cautioned to be more careful in future.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>
 
Donovan had been recommended for command of a "P" boat, and was appointed in command of {{UK-P52}} on 25 August, 1917.  He commanded her until she entered an extended period of refit on 1 March, 1918, at which point he was remained in charge.  He was faulted for "certain damage sustained" by the ship on 13 March.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>
 
Donovan was placed on the Retired List owing to non-sea service on 30 September, 1922 and was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRNR}} on 13 June, 1923.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>
   
   
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He was removed from the Retired List due to non-report on 14 November, 1938.<ref>Donovan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/57/172.|}} f. 173.</ref>
 
==See Also==
==See Also==
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Revision as of 00:17, 26 March 2021

Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Herbert Bartholomew Donovan (13 June, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

From 19 August to 11 November, 1913, Donovan was 4th Mate in R.M.S. Lusitania.[1]

Donovan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 13 June, 1915. He served from late February to 18 November of that year in the battleship Superb.[2]

He commanded the "C" Class destroyer Vixen from June, 1916 until 31 July, 1917. He collided with submarine J 5 in September 1916, and was cautioned to be more careful in future.[3]

Donovan had been recommended for command of a "P" boat, and was appointed in command of P52 on 25 August, 1917. He commanded her until she entered an extended period of refit on 1 March, 1918, at which point he was remained in charge. He was faulted for "certain damage sustained" by the ship on 13 March.[4]

Donovan was placed on the Retired List owing to non-sea service on 30 September, 1922 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 13 June, 1923.[5]

He was removed from the Retired List due to non-report on 14 November, 1938.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Basil W. L. Owen
Captain of H.M.S. Vixen
22 Jun, 1916[7] – 1917
Succeeded by
Charles F. Brown
Preceded by
Arthur Cocks
Captain of H.M.S. P52
25 Aug, 1917[8]
Succeeded by
John L. Sinclair

Footnotes

  1. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  2. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  3. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  4. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  5. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  6. Donovan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/172. f. 173.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399c.
  8. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396f.