Charles Leonard Fox
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Lieutenant-Commander Charles Leonard Fox ( – 17 October, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Fox was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 79 on 3 January, 1905.[1]
Fox was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1906.[2]
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Hardy on 22 February, 1910.[3]
In July, 1912, Fox was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 21.[4]
Fox was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1914.[5]
On 29 July, 1914, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 3.[6]
Fox was given command of Mary Rose at some point, as he died while commanding her in action against the light cruisers Bremse and Brummer.[7]
See Also
Bibliography
Service Records
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Arthur C. Leveson |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 79 3 Jan, 1905[8] |
Succeeded by Aylmer N. G. Firebrace |
Preceded by Edward H. F. Boughey |
Captain of H.M.S. Hardy 22 Feb, 1910[9] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Richard W. U. Bayly |
Captain of H.M.S. Hunter Aug, 1910[10] |
Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 21 Jul, 1912[11] |
Succeeded by Colin A. G. Hutchinson |
Preceded by Herbert F. Littledale |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 3 29 Jul, 1914[12] |
Succeeded by Walter F. Smithwick |
Preceded by Reginald Watkins Grubb |
Captain of H.M.S. Mary Rose ? – 17 Oct, 1917[13] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1913). p. 122.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 324.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 411.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 324.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 328.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 411.