Hubert William Douglas Griffith

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Lieutenant Hubert William Douglas Griffith (10 June, 1887 – 1 March, 1917) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gained three months' time on passing out of Britannia and receiving an appointment to Exmouth in the Mediterranean on 15 September, 1903.

Griffith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1909 and re-appointed in Cossack.[1]

Griffith was appointed from St. George to be Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 112 on 11 July, 1914.[2]

Griffith was appointed to Sandhurst for the destroyer Pheasant on 10 November, 1916, to take command upon her commissioning. Griffith died in command on 1 March, 1917 when she was apparently lost to a mine with all hands.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alexander L. Fletcher
Captain of H.M. T.B. 99
3 Nov, 1911[4] – 10 Oct, 1912
Succeeded by
George P. England
Preceded by
Cyril Searancke
Captain of H.M. T.B. 112
11 Jul, 1914[5] – 30 Jun, 1915[6][7]
Succeeded by
William J. O'Neill
Preceded by
John Fawcett
Captain of H.M.S. Orwell
30 Jun, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Kingsley G. Howe
Preceded by
Alexander H. Gye
Captain of H.M.S. Lapwing
May, 1916[9]
Succeeded by
Lionel S. M. Adam
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Pheasant
10 Nov, 1916[10] – 1 Mar, 1917[11]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Griffith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/58. f. 64.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 328.
  4. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 401a.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396i.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395tt.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396n.
  11. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 328.

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