Charles de Burgh

Captain (retired) Charles de Burgh, D.S.O. (17 July, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

De Burgh was born in Dinant, France.

De Burgh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1908.

De Burgh was appointed to the submarine C 24 on 13 April, 1909. He remained in this posting until being offered his first command when he was appointed in command of the small submarine A 5 on 1 August, 1910.

De Burgh was appointed in command of the larger submarine B 11 on 12 January, 1911. B 11 would operate out of Malta until de Burgh was superseded in command at the end of 1913. He was appointed to the Devonshire Class armoured cruiser Antrim on 11 March of 1914.

Great War

De Burgh left Antrim and returned to service in submarines on 1 September, 1915.

De Burgh was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1916.

De Burgh was credited with torpedoing an enemy submarine at long range on 23 July, 1917 while in command of G 8. He was awarded a D.S.O. for this, gazetted on 2 November, 1917. There is, however, no known U-boat loss that corresponds to this report.

Post-War

De Burgh collided with a floating dock at Haslar with L 17 in 1919.

De Burgh was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1920.

On 10 December, 1920, he was appointed in command of the submarine K 6.

In 1921, he was blamed for losing a 18-in Mark VII torpedo from K 6.

De Burgh was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 17 July, 1932.

World War II

Mobilised in 1938, de Burgh spent much of the war serving as N.C.S.O., Tyne, from May 1940 until at least October, 1944 and perhaps until early 1946, despite suffering an inguinal hernia in May, 1945.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John R. A. Codrington	Captain of H.M.S. A 5 1 Aug, 1910 – 12 Jan, 1911	Succeeded by Archibald M. Willoughby
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Captain of H.M.S. B 11 12 Jan, 1911 – 30 Dec, 1913	Succeeded by Norman D. Holbrook
Preceded by Brownlow V. Layard	Captain of H.M.S. D 7 25 Sep, 1915 – 17 May, 1916	Succeeded by Alfred E. Whitehouse
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. G 8 17 May, 1916 – 18 Jul, 1917	Succeeded by John F. Tryon
Preceded by Godfrey Herbert as Captain of H.M.S. K 13	Captain of H.M.S. K 22 18 Jul, 1917 – 13 Feb, 1918	Succeeded by Fitzroy H. D. Byron
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. K 16 13 Feb, 1918 – 13 Sep, 1918	Succeeded by Colin Cantlie
Preceded by Noel F. Laurence	Captain of H.M.S. Bonaventure 5 Mar, 1919 – 10 Aug, 1919	Succeeded by Aubrey C. Bertie
Preceded by Sidney R. Olivier	Captain of H.M.S. St. George 10 Aug, 1919 – 25 Sep, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Henry F. M. Peto	Captain of H.M.S. L 17 25 Sep, 1919 – Jul, 1920	Succeeded by Gerald E. Colpoys
Preceded by Robert B. Ramsay	Captain of H.M.S. Adamant Jul, 1920 – 4 Nov, 1920	Succeeded by Robert B. Ramsay
Preceded by Hubert Vaughan-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. K 6 10 Dec, 1920 – Feb, 1922	Succeeded by Christopher P. Satow
Preceded by Archibald D. Cochrane	Captain of H.M.S. Adamant 11 Feb, 1922 – 30 Apr, 1923	Succeeded by Philip E. Phillips
Preceded by Brownlow V. Layard	Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops 19 Jul, 1926 – Dec, 1927	Succeeded by Reginald B. Darke
Preceded by Alexander B. Greig	Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan 14 Jan, 1928 – 26 Mar, 1929	Succeeded by Hugh R. Marrack
Preceded by Alexander B. Greig	Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla 14 Jan, 1928 – 26 Mar, 1929	Succeeded by Hugh R. Marrack as Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla