Guy D'Oyly-Hughes
Captain Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, D.S.O., D.S.C., Royal Navy (1 August, 1891 – 8 June, 1940) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
D'Oyly-Hughes was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant on 30 June, 1912.[1]
D'Oyly-Hughes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1913.[2]
Still a Lieutenant, he was in command of the submarine E 35 on 11 May, 1918 when she sank Template:DE-U154 with a pair of torpedoes at 36deg 45' N., 12deg 0' W..[3]
On 13 November 1925, D'Oyly-Hughes was appointed to the submarine O 1, which would be renamed Oberon before launch, while she was building.[4]
World War II
D'Oyly-Hughes was killed when his aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious was sunk by gunfire under controversial circumstances of readiness as it was headed to Britain from the Norwegian coast.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1914). p. 24.
- ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 233.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.