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Rear-Admiral John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald, C.B. (27 July, 1888 – 11 December, 1940) served in the Royal Navy. He was the son of Charles C. P. FitzGerald and brother of Robert F. U. P. Fitzgerald.[1]

Life & Career

Fitzgerald was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1909.

Fitzgerald was appointed to Collingwood as torpedo officer, qualified as an interpreter in French, on 6 January, 1914.[2] He fought in her at the Battle of Jutland,[3] and reported, afterward, that he was able to observe the battle turn away of the German fleet from his position in the T.C.T..[4] Fitzgerald was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1917.

Fitzgerald was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1921.

Fitzgerald was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1929.

Fitzgerald was appointed in command of the light cruiser Caledon in December, 1929.

World War II

Fitzgerald was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 January, 1940 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.

He was assigned to the Liverpool Convoy Pool in the rank of Commodore, Second Class on 10 October, 1940.

He was presumed killed on 11 December, 1940 when S.S. Rotorua was torpedoed by U 96.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott 		Captain of H.M.S. Tarantula
4 Aug, 1925[5] 		Succeeded by
Marshal L. Clarke
Preceded by
Hubert Ardill 		Captain of H.M.S. Caledon
14 Dec, 1929[6] 		Succeeded by
Harry B. Jermain
Preceded by
Guy W. Hallifax 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris
8 Oct, 1931[7] – 8 Oct, 1934[8] 		Succeeded by
Charles F. Hammill
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Sydney
24 Sep, 1935[9] – 9 Oct, 1937[Inference] 		Succeeded by
John W. A. Waller
Preceded by
Gervase B. Middleton 		Director of Torpedoes and Mining
19 Apr, 1938[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Henry C. Phillips

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Letter from Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald to Gerard Henry Uctred Noel postmarked 9 June 1916 at the National Maritime Museum. NOE/5/1.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 393d.
  3. ↑ Letter from his father, Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald to Admiral of the Fleet Gerard Henry Uctred Noel postmarked 9 June 1916 at the National Maritime Museum. NOE/5/1.
  4. ↑ See his captain's report on the battle.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 273.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 220.
  7. ↑ "Naval Attache in Paris." The Times (London, England), 11 Sept. 1931, p. 12.
  8. ↑ "Naval Attache in Paris." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1934, p. 14.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.

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