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Acting Boatswain on 1 March, 1892.
 
Acting Boatswain on 1 March, 1892.
  
Appointed to the {{UK-Wanderer|f=t}} in August, 1901.  She collided with schooner ''Agnes Cairns''[?] later that year when Webber had been on the forecastle and had not realized that he was the responsible man at the moment.  No action was taken by the Admiralty.
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He was appointed to the {{UK-1Wanderer|f=t}} in August, 1901.  She collided with schooner ''Agnes Cairns''[?] later that year when Webber had been on the forecastle and had not realized that he was the responsible man at the moment.  No action was taken by the Admiralty.
  
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CBosunRN}} on 1 April, 1912.
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CBosunRN}} on 1 April, 1912.

Revision as of 10:24, 2 January 2021

Lieutenant-Commander (retired) James John Webber, (12 May, 1863 – 16 December, 1952) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Acting Boatswain on 1 March, 1892.

He was appointed to the composite screw sloop Wanderer in August, 1901. She collided with schooner Agnes Cairns[?] later that year when Webber had been on the forecastle and had not realized that he was the responsible man at the moment. No action was taken by the Admiralty.

He was promoted to the rank of Chief Boatswain on 1 April, 1912.

Webber was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 18 February, 1917. Upon being superseded in command of Traveller in mid-1917, he was sent to work at a depot at Peterhead. Suffering from a recent hernia as well as neurasthenia, he retired soon thereafter, on 20 November, 1917.

Webber was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 18 February, 1925.

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Samuel Baker
Captain of H.M.S. Tay
7 Sep, 1911[1] – late 1912
Succeeded by
Andrew Leahy
Preceded by
Robert J. Dailey
Captain of H.M.S. Traveller
18 Dec, 1913[2][3] – 8 Jun, 1917[4]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 382.
  2. Webber Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/35/74. f. ?.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398t.
  4. Webber Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/35/74. f. ?.