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Revision as of 16:27, 10 May 2014

Admiral THE HONOURABLE SIR Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., Royal Navy (21 October 1871 – 13 October 1949) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1907.[1]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Hibernia on 12 June, 1908.[2]

He was appointed in command of Edgar on 12 January, 1910,[3] and of Cumberland in June 1910.[4]

The Great War

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Bacchante in August 1914[5] and then directly over to the unfinished super-dreadnought Malaya on 28 November, 1915.[6] He commissioned the new vessel on 1 January, 1916.

Jutland

At the Battle of Jutland, Boyle commanded Malaya as part of the Fifth Battle Squadron.[7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  2. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 327.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 January, 1910. Issue 39158, col D, p. 10.
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395zz.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.

Bibliography

Service Records

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