Charles Reid Peploe
Captain Charles Reid Peploe, D.S.C., R.N. (5 February, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Peploe was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 36 on 8 December, 1914.[1]
Peploe was appointed in command of the destroyer Westcott on 19 March, 1918.[2]
When in command of Westcott on 21 June, 1919, his destroyer was one of just two left to watch over the interned German fleet in Scapa Flow, sitting with ready steam in Gutter Sound the great German scuttle operation began. His executive officer recorded the moment of this sad discovery.[3]
The officers were all gathered in the ward room having a gun before lunch when a sub-lieutenant officer of the watch one the quarter deck shouted through the ward room hatch, "There's a German destroyer sinking." Lieutenant-Commander Peploe, the skipper, answered, "Don't talk such tripe." But they all hurried on deck and saw that every German ship had hoisted its flag and that ladders were being got out and boats lowered. A signal was at once sent to the Vice-Admiral who was at sea.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Cosmo M. Graham |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 36 8 Dec, 1914[4] – 20 Feb, 1916[5] |
Succeeded by Kenneth MacLeod |
| Preceded by Geoffrey Mackworth |
Captain of H.M.S. Nepean 8 Jul, 1917[6] |
Succeeded by Irvine G. Glennie |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Westcott 19 Mar, 1918[7] |
Succeeded by Samuel A. Brooks |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Witch 4 Feb, 1924[8] |
Succeeded by Ralph Kerr |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ Lieutenant Henry McCall account in S. C. George's Jutland to Junkyard, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh. 1999, p. 30.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ Ship's Log at naval-history.net.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395w.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 289.
