Robert Constable

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Commander (retired) Robert Constable (4 May, 1884 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Constable was promoted to the rank of Mate on 28 August, 1913.[1]

Constable was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 April, 1916.[2] He was appointed to the destroyer Phoenix of the First Destroyer Flotilla from 3 May 1916 through her loss on 14 May 1918.[3]

Constable was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Exe from 3 August, 1918 to 5 February, 1919.[4]

He commanded M.L. 99 from 7 September 1920 to February, 1921.[5]

He commanded the trawler Foyle from 24 March, 1921 to some time in April (or September?), 1921.[6]

From mid-March 1922 to mid 1927, he was in a variety of commands of groups of emergency destroyers.

Constable was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 April, 1924.

He was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Commander on account of age on 4 May 1928.[7]

World War II

During 1939-40, Constable served as Consular Shipping Adviser in Amsterdam.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Wesson C. H. Jones 		Captain of H.M.S. Exe
3 Aug, 1918[8][9] – 5 Feb, 1919[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James Marshall 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 6
29 Mar, 1919[11] – 17 Oct, 1919[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ernest R. Archer 		Captain of H.M.S. Thruster
21 Nov, 1921[13] – 15 Mar, 1922[14] 		Succeeded by
Noel L. Veresmith

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 22.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 40.
  3. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  4. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  5. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  6. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  7. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  8. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 792.
  10. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  11. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  12. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  13. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  14. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.

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