Maurice Archibald Bourke
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Captain THE HONOURABLE Maurice Archibald Bourke, C.M.G., Royal Navy (22 December, 1853 – 16 September, 1900) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Loss of H.M.S. Victoria
An officer on Nile wrote shortly afterwards, "We had the Captain on board. I never saw a man so broken down. He did not know how to stand nor which way to look and always had his hand over his face on deck. Down below he sat all day long with his face buried in his arms and I don't believe he ate anything at all."[1]
Later Career
Bourke was appointed Commodore, Second Class as Senior Officer of the Newfoundland Fisheries Division on 16 April, 1896.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Quoted in Welch. "The Loss of HMS Victoria". Naval Review. p. 244.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 April, 1896. Issue 34867, col C, pg. 11.
Bibliography
- "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 19 September, 1900. Issue 36251, col F, pg. 4.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by William H. May |
Assistant Director of Torpedoes 1895 |
Succeeded by Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart. |
Categories:
- 1853 births
- 1900 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of May, 1867
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Assistant Directors of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Victoria (1887)
- Assistant Directors of Torpedoes (Royal Navy)
- Senior Officers, Newfoundland Fisheries
- Private Secretaries to the First Lord of the Admiralty
- Royal Navy Captains
- Royal Navy Officers Deceased on Active Service
