Frank Brandt
Captain Frank Brandt (2 October, 1871 – 1 November 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Life & Career
In 1903, it appears that Lieutenant (T) Brandt made helpful suggestions for a Graduated Sight Bar to better help torpedo ranges be judged.[1]
Commander Brandt was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 116 on 3 January, 1905, and also for Command of a Flotilla.[2]
In April, 1907, one source has it that he was placed in command of the second class protected cruiser Bonaventure.[3]
Brandt was promoted to Captain on 31 December, 1909.
He was appointed in command of the destroyer Eclipse on 24 February, 1914,[4] but in July 1914 was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Monmouth,[5] and died when she sank during the Battle of Coronel.
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. pp. 47-48.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 400.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 307.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
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