Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke

Rear-Admiral Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke, V.C., D.S.O., C.B. (8 January, 1901 – 13 June, 1972) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Cdr. (later Captain) H. G. Sherbrooke, R.N. entered the Training Establishment on 15 September 1913. He passed out on 9 January, 1917 and served in the battleship H.M.S. Canada until being moved into Iron Duke on 28 Febuary, 1919. He would be in that ship for a half year.

Sherbrooke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1921.

Sherbrooke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1929.

Sherbrooke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1935.

Sherbrooke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1942.

Sherbrooke was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 July, 1951. Invalided with defective vision on 18 November, 1953, he was placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 4 March, 1954.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John Bostock	Captain of H.M.S. Vanoc Oct, 1936 – 31 May, 1937	Succeeded by Anthony P. Colthurst
Preceded by Lionel V. Lloyd	Captain of H.M.S. Vesper 28 Sep, 1938 – late 1938	Succeeded by William F. E. Hussey
Preceded by Ian R. H. Black	Captain of H.M.S. Wakeful 31 Jul, 1939 – 18 Dec, 1939	Succeeded by Ralph L. Fisher
Preceded by Daniel de Pass	Captain of H.M.S. Cossack 29 Dec, 1939 – 18 Jan, 1940	Succeeded by Philip Louis Vian
Preceded by Philip Louis Vian	Captain of H.M.S. Afridi 18 Jan, 1940 – 29 Mar, 1940	Succeeded by Philip Louis Vian
Preceded by Philip Louis Vian	Captain of H.M.S. Cossack 29 Mar, 1940 – 21 May, 1940	Succeeded by Philip Louis Vian
Preceded by George K. Whitmy-Smith	Captain of H.M.S. Matabele 22 May, 1940 – 15 Apr, 1941	Succeeded by Arthur C. Stanford
Preceded by Clifford Caslon	Captain (D), Eighteenth Destroyer Flotilla 25 Aug, 1941 – 23 Nov, 1942	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by David B. Nicol	Captain of H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle 1 Oct, 1941 – 25 Feb, 1942	Succeeded by Thomas K. Maxwell
Preceded by Harold T. Armstrong	Captain (D), Seventeenth Destroyer Flotilla 28 Nov, 1942	Succeeded by James A. McCoy
Preceded by Geoffrey Barnard	Captain of H.M.S. Aurora 20 Aug, 1945 – May, 1946	Succeeded by ?