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Revision as of 09:14, 11 May 2014

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

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.

Bibliography

Service Records


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