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Revision as of 14:07, 3 May 2016

Vice-Admiral Henry Rawdon Veale, Royal Navy, Retired (14 August, 1873 – 28 May, 1953) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1912.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Exmouth on 6 February, 1914.[1]

He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Indomitable 1 March, 1919.[2]

Veale died in a nursing home at Wells, Somerset, on 28 May, 1953.[3]

See Also

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hugh L. P. Heard
Captain of H.M.S. Exmouth
6 Feb, 1914[4] – 1 Nov, 1916[5][6]
Succeeded by
Francis H. Mitchell
Preceded by
Hugh L. P. Heard
Captain of H.M.S. Indomitable
1 Mar, 1919[7]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 315.
  2. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 819.
  3. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Saturday, 6 June, 1953. Issue 52641, col A, p. 1.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394j.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 394j.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394j.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 819.