Geoffrey Nepean Biggs

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Geoffrey Nepean Biggs ( – c. 22 November, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Biggs was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1906.[1]

Biggs was appointed in command of the submarine C 16 on 20 November, 1913.[2]

Biggs was killed when his E 30 was lost, probably to a mine, on or about 22 November, 1916.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Noel F. Laurence
Captain of H.M.S. B 6
1 Jan, 1909[4] – 1910
Succeeded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins
Preceded by
Noel F. Laurence
Captain of H.M.S. A 1
2 Dec, 1910[5]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann
Captain of H.M.S. C 16
20 Nov, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
Harold Boase
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. E 30
? – Nov, 1916[7]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 7.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  3. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 75.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 319.
  5. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 344.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  7. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 75.

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