Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton

Commander Hubert Edwin Gore-Langton, D.S.O. (18 August, 1883 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gore-Langton underwent examinations for several days commencing on 20 July, 1897 and gained entrance to Britannia's term of August, 1897, his 1539 marks placing him fourth among the sixty-three candidates accepted as naval cadets. He gained seven months' time on passing out of Britannia and was appointed to Magnificent in the Channel on 15 January, 1899.

Gore-Langton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1904.

Around late 1906 and early 1907 while in Ariadne, he was involved in "Aim Corrector Experiments."

Gore-Langton was appointed in command of the destroyer Afridi on 3 December, 1912.

Gore-Langton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1912. In 1913, he was placed on half-pay in order that he could attend to "urgent private affairs."

On 20 December, 1913, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Ghurka.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Midge on 3 February, 1914.

On some date in 1915, perhaps 11 August, he was judged to have engaged in "insubordinate conduct on H.M.S. Midge", which elicited severe displeasure.

Gore-Langton grounded Phoebe on 27 January, 1918 and was cautioned to be more careful in future.

Gore-Langton was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 23 April, 1918 for services during operations on the Belgian Coast.

Phoebe collided with Murray on 6 September, 1918 and Gore-Langton was considered partly to blame.

Post-War

Gore-Langton was placed on the Retired List as unfit on 8 May 1919. In 1927, it was noted that he was not qualified for a step in rank upon reaching the age of 45.

World War II

Gore-Langton was admitted to Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth on 10 September 1941 with a nervous debility. Following a series of re-surveys, on 12 December he was made a hospital case at Plymouth. He reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 16 January, 1942.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M. T.B. 22 22 Mar, 1909 – 3 Mar, 1911	Succeeded by Robert W. Richardson
Preceded by John P. Champion	Captain of H.M.S. Waveney 3 Mar, 1911 – 29 Feb, 1912	Succeeded by Oswald T. Hodgson
Preceded by Percy J. Helyar	Captain of H.M.S. Staunch 29 Feb, 1912 – 3 Dec, 1912	Succeeded by Reginald St. P. Parry
Preceded by Herbert W. Wyld	Captain of H.M.S. Afridi 3 Dec, 1912 – 7 Jul, 1913	Succeeded by Edmond A. B. Stanley
Preceded by Loftus W. Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Ghurka 20 Dec, 1913 – 3 Feb, 1914	Succeeded by Robert W. Richardson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Midge 3 Feb, 1914 – 2 Aug, 1915	Succeeded by James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by William A. Cooke-Hurle	Captain of H.M.S. Brilliant 1 Oct, 1915 – 19 Jan, 1917	Succeeded by William H. H. S. Thomson
Preceded by Percy J. Helyar	Captain of H.M.S. Cossack 11 Feb, 1917 – 6 Jul, 1917	Succeeded by Adam Ferguson
Preceded by George H. Creswell	Captain of H.M.S. Phoebe 6 Jul, 1917 – 8 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by John Brooke