Edward Coverley Kennedy

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Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy (31 August 1879 – 23 November 1939) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 9 November 1900.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December 1912.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 Dec 1917.[3]

He was appointed command of the light cruiser Cassandra in May, 1918,[4] and was in her during the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet.

On 21 January 1919, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Constance.[5]

Post War

He retired as a captain on 1 March, 1923,[6] but his naval story was far from finished. In 1939, a sixty year old Kennedy died fighting his armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi against German battleships '"Scharnhorst and Gneisenau between Iceland and the Faeroes, having declined his chance to surrender. He was mentioned in despatches for this sacrifice.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur J. Davies
Captain of H.M.S. Cassandra
May, 1918[7] – 5 Dec, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Cyril S. Townsend
Captain of H.M.S. Constance
21 Jan, 1919[9]
Succeeded by
Arthur C. Strutt

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net
  2. Uboat.net
  3. Uboat.net
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 753.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 764.
  6. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named uboat
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 753.
  8. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 147.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 764.