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Revision as of 09:53, 28 October 2014

Admiral SIR Charles Holcombe Dare, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (9 November, 1854 – 6 August, 1924) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dare was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December, 1879.[1]

In December, 1880, Dare took and passed a three month short course in Gunnery at H.M.S. Excellent, followed immediately by the 6 week short course in torpedoes at H.M.S. Vernon.[2]

Dare was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1894.[3]

Captain

Dare was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1900.[4]

Dare assumed command of the new heavy cruiser Berwick in November 1903.[5]

After a brief stint in command of the battleship Ramillies in 1906,[6] he was appointed to President for command of the Eastern Coast Guard District on 12 September, 1906.[7]

Dare was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 March, 1909, vice Fegen.[8] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 12 July.[9]

Great War

On 7 November, 1914, Dare was granted a temporary Commission as Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.[10]

On 20 February, 1915, Dare was appointed Senior Naval Officer at Milford Haven, and took up the appointment on 26 February.[11] On 5 March he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List.[12] On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 4 June, 1917.[13] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 25 August, 1918.[14]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir C. Dare" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 11 August, 1924. Issue 43727, col D, p. 12.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Berwick
Nov, 1903[15]
Succeeded by
The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood
Preceded by
Robert G. Fraser
Captain of H.M.S. Ramillies
1906[16]
Succeeded by
Casper J. Baker
Preceded by
Henry P. Routh
as Captain-in-Charge of the Eastern Coast Guard District
Rear-Admiral-in-Charge of the Eastern Coast Guard District
12 Sep, 1906[17]
Succeeded by
William O. Story
 

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 24797. p. 2. 2 January, 1880.
  2. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 234.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 360.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 28233. p. 2037. 16 March, 1909.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 28271. p. 5463. 16 July, 1909.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 28969. p. 9130. 10 November, 1914.
  11. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  12. The London Gazette: no. 29094. p. 2365. 9 March, 1915.
  13. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30111. p. 5454. 4 June, 1917.
  14. The London Gazette: no. 30881. p. 1039. 3 September, 1918.
  15. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Dare Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 231.

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