Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith

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Admiral Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, V.C., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., (1 April, 1883 – 29 June, 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Sea of Marmara in command of submarine E 11. He was born as Martin Eric Nasmith – he added the name Dunbar in 1923.[1]

Life & Career

Nasmith was appointed in command of the submarine E 11 on 3 August, 1914.[2] He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his exploits in her in the Sea of Marmara. Less widely recalled were his profound contributions to the Torpedo Control mechanisms available to British submariners, developing the Nasmith Director and then its refined brethren, the Is-Was.[3]

He was appointed to Vulcan for command of the Third Submarine Flotilla on 7 February, 1917. In November, he left that command and was appointed to command Ambrose's Flotilla.[4]

He was gazetted on 5 March, 1920 a C.B. for work in command of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla in the Baltic, and for serving as Senior Naval Officer at Reval.[4]

On 20 August, 1921, he was appointed in command of the battleship Iron Duke.[4] In February 1922, the death of an Able Bodied seamen while landing anchors prompted the C-in-C to inform Nasmith that such "responsible" work should not have been entrusted to a junior rating.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Robert C. Halahan 		Captain of H.M.S. C 18
14 Jan, 1911[5] 		Succeeded by
Archibald M. Willoughby
Preceded by
Roger J. B. Keyes 		Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant
15 Aug, 1912[6] 		Succeeded by
Charles J. C. Little
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. E 11
3 Aug, 1914[7] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard F. White 		Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan
7 Feb, 1917[8] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. T. Raikes
Preceded by
? 		Commander (S), Third Submarine Flotilla
7 Feb, 1917[9] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey Layton
Preceded by
New Command 		Commander (S), Ambrose's Flotilla
Nov, 1917[10] 		Succeeded by
Cecil P. Talbot
Preceded by
Leonard A. B. Donaldson 		Captain of H.M.S. Lucia
Sep, 1918[11] 		Succeeded by
Cecil P. Talbot
Preceded by
Leonard A. B. Donaldson 		Captain (S), Tenth Submarine Flotilla
Sep, 1918[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard A. S. Hill 		Captain of H.M.S. Iron Duke
20 Aug, 1921[13] 		Succeeded by
Frank F. Rose
Preceded by
Eric J. A. Fullerton 		Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
1932[14] 		Succeeded by
Forrester Rose[15]
Preceded by
Sir Alfred D. P. R. Pound 		Second Sea Lord
1935 		Succeeded by
?
Court Appointments
Preceded by
Montague E. Browning 		Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1945[Citation needed] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: The London Gazette 16 January, 1923.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 353.
  3. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. pp. 20-21.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  5. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 286.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 277.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 353.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399d.
  9. ↑ Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  10. ↑ Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 836.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 836.
  13. ↑ Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90/89. f. 89.
  14. ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  15. ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station

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