Richard Anthony Aston Plowden

Rear-Admiral Richard Anthony Aston Plowden, D.S.O., R.N. (24 May, 1881 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Sheldrake on 20 December, 1912.^[1]

Plowden commanded the destroyer leader Hardy when she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.^[2]

On 28 December, 1918, Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Musketeer.^[3]

He was appointed in command of the submarine Satyr on 1 October, 1919.^[4]

Plowden was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in January, 1931.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by James U. Farie	Captain of H.M.S. Cheerful 13 May, 1908^[5]	Succeeded by James U. Farie
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Sheldrake 20 Dec, 1912^[6] – mid 1915^[7]^[8]	Succeeded by Maurice C. Bomford
Preceded by Lewis G. E. Crabbe	Captain of H.M.S. Hardy 10 May, 1916^[9]	Succeeded by Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by Edward Eastwick-Field	Captain of H.M.S. Musketeer 28 Dec, 1918^[10]	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Spencer F. Russell	Captain of H.M.S. Minion 26 Mar, 1919^[11]	Succeeded by C&M party at Devonport 15 October, 1919
Preceded by Arthur Henniker-Heaton	Captain of H.M.S. Satyr 1 Oct, 1919^[12]	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John C. Hodgson	Captain of H.M.S. Bruce 28 Apr, 1924^[13]	Succeeded by John C. Tovey
Preceded by The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham	Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla 28 Apr, 1924^[14] – late 1924^[15]^[16]	Succeeded by John C. Tovey
Preceded by Owen F. Gillett as King's Harbour Master, Malta	Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Malta ? – 7 Oct, 1930^[17]	Succeeded by John H. Young
Preceded by Aubrey T. Tillard	Captain of H.M.S. Centurion 6 Jan, 1931^[18]^[19]	Succeeded by Montague G. B. Legge

↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 380a.
↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 293.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398a.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398a.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 907.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 808.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 847.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 219.
↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
↑ Superseded that day. Young Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/25. f. 429.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Day of month inferred from predecessor being discharged. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.