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Revision as of 15:34, 18 March 2016

Captain Mervyn Hugh Cobbe, R.N. (7 April, 1873 – 27 May, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cobbe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[1]

Cobbe was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Naiad on 11 February, 1914.[2]

The April 1915 Navy List indicates that Cobbe was to be placed in command of Princess Margaret on 9 March, 1915, but he was apparently instead sent to her ill-fated sister.

Cobbe was therefore killed when the minelayer Princess Irene exploded and sank near Sheerness when being loaded with mines.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Douglas L. Dent
Assistant Secretary to the Ordnance Committee
9 Nov, 1904[4]
Succeeded by
Percival H. Warleigh
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Fearless
Aug, 1913[5]
Succeeded by
William F. Blunt
Preceded by
Thomas P. Bonham
Captain of H.M.S. Naiad
11 Feb, 1914[6]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Princess Irene
9 Mar, 1915[7] – 27 May, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 101-2.
  4. Cobbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 300.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 314.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
  7. Cobbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. ?.
  8. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 101-2.

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