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Brandon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1895.
 
Brandon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1895.
  
Brandon served as navigator in {{UK-Diadem}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]] until 29 February, 1904, and took photos of Japanese warships {{JP-Mikasa}} and {JP-Asahi}} with visible battle damage after they'd participated in the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]].  He navigated for {{UK-Andromeda}} on the [[China Station]] from 1 March 1904 until being appointed to {{UK-Sutlej}} as first and navigating officer on 6 March, 1905.
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Brandon served as navigator in {{UK-Diadem}} in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]] until 29 February, 1904, and took photos of Japanese warships {{JP-Mikasa}} and {{JP-Asahi}} with visible battle damage after they'd participated in the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]].  He navigated for {{UK-Andromeda}} on the [[China Station]] from 1 March 1904 until being appointed to {{UK-Sutlej}} as first and navigating officer on 6 March, 1905.
  
 
After ''Sutlej'' paid off on 14 May 1906, Brandon was sent to {{UK-1RoyalOak}} as navigator from 17 July 1905.
 
After ''Sutlej'' paid off on 14 May 1906, Brandon was sent to {{UK-1RoyalOak}} as navigator from 17 July 1905.

Revision as of 13:50, 1 April 2020

Captain Claude George Reginald Brandon, R.N., Retired (4 June, 1874 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Brandon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1895.

Brandon served as navigator in Diadem in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1903 until 29 February, 1904, and took photos of Japanese warships Template:JP-Mikasa and Template:JP-Asahi with visible battle damage after they'd participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea. He navigated for Andromeda on the China Station from 1 March 1904 until being appointed to Sutlej as first and navigating officer on 6 March, 1905.

After Sutlej paid off on 14 May 1906, Brandon was sent to Royal Oak as navigator from 17 July 1905.

Brandon served next as navigating officer in Victorious from New Year's Day 1907, being promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1907.

He was appointed to H.M.S. Queen as navigating officer from 15 December, 1908. He left Queen to take his last sea-going appointment before retirement, as navigating officer of the battlecruiser Inflexible from 6 April to 1 September, 1910.

Brandon was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 1 September, 1910.

Great War

Brandon worked at shore appointments through most of the war, helping fit out convoy sloops at one point. However, he did spend the last year of the war in command of the convoy sloop Sweetbriar.

Brandon offered his services in 1938, but there is no indication he re-entered the Navy.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Sweetbriar
17 Nov, 1917[1] – 28 May, 1919
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 912.