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Hawksley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1894.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26534/pages/4154 no. 26534.  p. 4154.]  20 July, 1894.</ref>
 
Hawksley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1894.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26534/pages/4154 no. 26534.  p. 4154.]  20 July, 1894.</ref>
  
Hawksley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1905.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27812/pages/4557 no. 27812.  p. 4557.]  30 June, 1905.</ref>
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Hawksley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1905,<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27812/pages/4557 no. 27812.  p. 4557.]  30 June, 1905.</ref> and was appointed in command of the {{UK-Ure|f=t}} on 28 May, 1906.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1907), p. 388.</ref>
  
 
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Vice-Admiral James R. P. Hawksley as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1748).

Vice-Admiral James Rose Price Hawksley, C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (1 August, 1871 – 7 April, 1955) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Hawksley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1894.[1]

Hawksley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1905,[2] and was appointed in command of the destroyer Ure on 28 May, 1906.[3]

Captain

Hawksley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1912.[4]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer depot ship Venus on 4 April, 1913, supporting the First Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

In December 1914, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Galatea.[6]

He was appointed commander of destroyer Active on 10 February, 1915.[7]

In November 1915, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Castor.[8]

At the Battle of Jutland, he commanded the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla from light cruiser Castor as Commodore (F).[9]

Hawkesley was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Inflexible in November, 1917.[10]

Hawksley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 July, 1922, and was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 24 July.[11] he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 14 January, 1928.[12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26534. p. 4154. 20 July, 1894.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
  3. The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 388.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 28623. p. 4748. 2 July, 1912.
  5. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 390.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. Hawksley Service Record. f. 289.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 819.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 32737. p. 5961. 11 August, 1922.
  12. The London Gazette: no. 33349. p. 440. 20 January, 1928.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral J. R. P. Hawksley" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 22 April, 1955. Issue 53201, col B, p. 15.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
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