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Revision as of 12:11, 31 March 2021
Vice-Admiral (retired) Herbert Ward Dowding (11 April, 1843 – 11 May, 1915) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Dowding was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 18 September, 1865.[1]
Dowding was promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 March, 1878.[2]
Dowding submitted an essay to the Royal United Service Institution's competition of 1885 exploring the impact of the introduction on the ram, mine and torpedo on various aspects of naval training and operations. His work received honourable mention, but not the Gold Medal.[3]
Dowding was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1885.[4]
Placed on the Retired List on account of age on 11 April, 1898, Dowding was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 August, 1899 and to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 20 October, 1904.[5]
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Osprey 19 Sep, 1882[6][7] – 12 Apr, 1886[8] |
Succeeded by Charles E. Gissing |
Preceded by Tynte F. Hammill |
Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 15 Apr, 1887[9] – 5 Oct, 1889[10] |
Succeeded by Archibald L. Douglas |
Preceded by Lewis A. Beaumont |
Captain of H.M.S. Canada 6 Oct, 1889[11][12] – 30 Dec, 1892[13] |
Succeeded by William Wilson |
Preceded by Richard H. Hamond |
Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer 11 Jul, 1893[14] – 10 Aug, 1893[15] |
Succeeded by Henry H. Boys |
Preceded by George T. H. Boyes |
Captain of H.M.S. Anson 12 Sep, 1893[16][17] – 26 Aug, 1895[18] |
Succeeded by William F. S. Mann |
Preceded by Thomas S. Jackson |
Commodore-in-Charge, Jamaica 4 Sep, 1895[19][20] – 11 May, 1898[21] |
Succeeded by William H. Henderson |
Footnotes
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ "Royal United Service Institution." The Times (London, England), 8 Mar. 1886, p. 8.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 364.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 228.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 329.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 209.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 370.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. ?.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. ?.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 198.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 364.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 364.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 356.
- ↑ Dowding Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. 364.