Arthur Louis Sanders

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Commander (retired) Arthur Louis Sanders (11 July, 1886 – ) served in the Royal Navy, entering as a Supplementary Lieutenant.

Life & Career

Sanders was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on 1 April, 1913.[1]

Sander's first seagoing appointment was to the destroyer Speedy on 24 May 1913. He would survive her sinking on 3 September 1914.[2]

Sanders was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 108 on 15 February, 1918.[3]

In 1919 and 1920, he would command Morris Dance and James Chapman.[4]

Sanders was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 April, 1921.[5]

Sanders was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 1 February, 1927.[6]

World War II

A variety of appointments, including command of minesweepers vice Keaton[?] in 1940 and an appointment at Holyhead. Also commanded L.S.T. 37 and ships named "Tele of Thanet[?] and White Bear.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Lily
7 Jul, 1915[8][9]c. Nov, 1917[10]
Succeeded by
Francis A. Trepess
Preceded by
Edward M. C. Rutherfoord
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99
19 Nov, 1917[11] – 15 Feb, 1918[12]
Succeeded by
Basil E. Reinold
Preceded by
Ernest A. J. W. Carter
Captain of H.M. T.B. 108
15 Feb, 1918[13][14] – 16 Dec, 1918[15]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Oswald T. Hodgson
Senior Naval Officer, Lowestoft
3 Jun, 1940[16] – 1 Aug, 1940[17]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Kenneth M. Greig
Captain of H.M.S. Alecto
20 Jan, 1944[18][19] – 24 Aug, 1944[20][21]
Succeeded by
Evelyn S. Felton

Footnotes

  1. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  2. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 957.
  4. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  5. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  6. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  7. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  8. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  9. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 395d.
  10. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  11. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  12. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  13. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 957.
  15. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  16. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  17. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  18. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. Sanders Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/169. f. 210.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.