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'''Douglas Carteret Sealy''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''Douglas Carteret Sealy''', D.S.C.* (23 November, 1891 – 23 March, 1922) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of a civil engineer, Sealy's first ship was the iconic {{UK-Dreadnought}}, in which he served from mid-May 1909 to mid-September 1910 when he was appointed to the {{UK-Natal|f=t}} for five months.  He would additionally serve in {{UK-Patrol}}, the {{UK-Inflexible|f=t}} and the pre-dreadnought battleship {{UK-Agamemnon}} through mid-1913 when he was appointed to ''Dolphin'' for submarine instruction.
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Sealy was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 April, 1914.  His first appointment in a submarine was to {{UK-D3}}, from 24 October, 1914 to 5 July 1916, when he was appointed in command of the coastal submarine {{UK-C27}}.  This appointment lasted a year and a half.
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Sealy died after the war while in command of {{UK-H42}} when she was rammed while submerged near Gibraltar by the {{UK-Versatile|f=pc}} on 23 March, 1922.  There were no survivors from the submarine.
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Revision as of 18:22, 8 July 2019

Lieutenant Douglas Carteret Sealy, D.S.C.* (23 November, 1891 – 23 March, 1922) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a civil engineer, Sealy's first ship was the iconic Dreadnought, in which he served from mid-May 1909 to mid-September 1910 when he was appointed to the armoured cruiser Natal for five months. He would additionally serve in Patrol, the battlecruiser Inflexible and the pre-dreadnought battleship Agamemnon through mid-1913 when he was appointed to Dolphin for submarine instruction.

Sealy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 April, 1914. His first appointment in a submarine was to D 3, from 24 October, 1914 to 5 July 1916, when he was appointed in command of the coastal submarine C 27. This appointment lasted a year and a half.

Sealy died after the war while in command of H 42 when she was rammed while submerged near Gibraltar by the "V" Class destroyer H.M.S. Versatile on 23 March, 1922. There were no survivors from the submarine.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alfred M. Winser
Captain of H.M.S. C 27
5 Jul, 1916[1] – 15 Jan, 1918[2]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Frederick H. Taylor
Captain of H.M.S. E 48
Feb, 1918[3] – Jul, 1919[4]
Succeeded by
Kenneth M. Fardell
Preceded by
Paul L. Eddis
Captain of H.M.S. H 42
11 Dec, 1921[5] – 23 Mar, 1922[6][7]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  2. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  3. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  4. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  5. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  6. Sealy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/27. f. 27.
  7. "Memorial Service at Gibraltar." The Times (London, England), Saturday, March 25, 1922, Issue 42989, p.9.