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Revision as of 13:53, 11 May 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
Preceded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene
Captain of H.M.S. Enchantress
9 Aug, 1912 – ?
Succeeded by
John D. Allen
Preceded by
Eric P. C. Back
Captain of H.M.S. Sutlej
1 Aug, 1914 – ?
Succeeded by
Henry M. Doughty
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Penelope
1 Dec, 1914 – ?
Succeeded by
Wion de M. Egerton
Preceded by
Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé
Captain of H.M.S. Warspite
May, 1918 – ?
Succeeded by
Ernest K. Loring

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