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Burke was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1902.<ref>Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref> | Burke was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1902.<ref>Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref> | ||
− | + | 1905 through January, 1913 saw him appointed to a series of armoured cruisers as torpedo officer, in the midst of which he was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 September, 1910 while serving in his first capital ship, the {{UK-Caesar|f=t}}. He was appointed to {{UK-Defence}} on 20 February, 1912 and then to the {{UK-PrincessRoyal|f=t}}. Although this was originally intended as a temporary appointment, he was to remain her torpedo officer throughout the Great War, leaving her on 14 November, 1918.<ref>Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref> | |
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Burke was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1914.<ref>Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref> | Burke was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1914.<ref>Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 17 April 2015
Rear-Admiral Charles Dominick Burke (24 January, 1882 – 18 March, 1952) served in the Royal Navy.
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Life & Career
Burke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1902.[1]
1905 through January, 1913 saw him appointed to a series of armoured cruisers as torpedo officer, in the midst of which he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1910 while serving in his first capital ship, the battleship Cæsar. He was appointed to Defence on 20 February, 1912 and then to the battlecruiser Princess Royal. Although this was originally intended as a temporary appointment, he was to remain her torpedo officer throughout the Great War, leaving her on 14 November, 1918.[2]
Great War
Burke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.[3]
Burke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1919.[4]
Burke was appointed in command of the light cruiser Centaur on 31 December, 1922. When Centaur paid off on 4 October, 1923, Burke was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cleopatra.[5]
In November, 1928, he was appointed in command of the battleship Marlborough.
Burke was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 July, 1932 and was placed on the Retired List the next day at his own request.[6]
World War II
Burke was appointed to Eaglet II as a Commodore, Second Class R.N.R. on 16 September, 1939. In December, he was working with the London Convoy Pool, and 1940 found him switched over to the Liverpool Convoy Pool. His appointment was terminated on 26 December, 1944 and the next day he was reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit.[7]
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Service Records
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Wilfred F. French |
Captain of H.M.S. Centaur Dec, 1922[8] |
Succeeded by Laurence R. Palmer |
Preceded by Arthur Stopford |
Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra Oct, 1923[9] |
Succeeded by Ralph Eliot |
Preceded by Alfred F. B. Carpenter |
Captain of H.M.S. Marlborough Nov, 1928[10] |
Succeeded by John C. Hodgson |
Footnotes
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Burke Service Record. {TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 138.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.