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He took command of the {{UK-Enchantress|f=t}} on 9 August, 1912.<ref>Lynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 450.</ref>
 
He took command of the {{UK-Enchantress|f=t}} on 9 August, 1912.<ref>Lynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 450.</ref>
  
Lynes was appointed in command of {{UK-Sutlej}} in August 1914,{{MackieRNW}} remaining with her until he was placed in command of {{UK-Penelope}} on 1 December to commission the new ship.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 396''n''.</ref>
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Lynes was appointed in command of {{UK-Sutlej}} on 1 August, 1914,{{NLDec14|p. 383}} remaining with her until he was placed in command of {{UK-Penelope}} on 1 December to commission the new ship.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 396''n''.</ref>
  
 
As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the [[Dover Patrol]], subordinate to {{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald Bacon]].{{SMNLDec17|p. 4}}
 
As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the [[Dover Patrol]], subordinate to {{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald Bacon]].{{SMNLDec17|p. 4}}

Revision as of 15:03, 7 February 2014

Rear-Admiral Hubert Lynes, C.B., C.M.G. (27 November 1874 – 10 November 1942) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

He was an expert ornithologist.

Life & Career

He served aboard Venus in the Mediterranean around 1905.

Lynes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.

He took command of the yacht Enchantress on 9 August, 1912.[1]

Lynes was appointed in command of Sutlej on 1 August, 1914,[2] remaining with her until he was placed in command of Penelope on 1 December to commission the new ship.[3]

As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the Dover Patrol, subordinate to Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon.[4]

He was appointed in command of the Warspite in May, 1918.[5]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Lynes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 450.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
  3. The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 4.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 941.

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
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