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Parker was appointed for duty as Commodore of Convoys with a rank of COmmodore, Second Class, R.N.R. on 31 February, 1939.<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>  He died when his ship ''Aguila'' was torpedoed on 19 August, 1941.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/person/32675.html Uboat.net]</ref>
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==

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Vice-Admiral Patrick Edward Parker, D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (17 March, 1881 – 19 August, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Parker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1901.[1]

Parker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1913.[2]

Great War

On 22 February, 1918, he was appointed in command of the monitor Sir John Moore[3]

Parker was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1918.[4]

Post-War

Parker was appointed as Assistant Director of Artillery and Torpedoes on 1 May, 1919. He left in April, 1920 when he was appointed as Deputy Director of Local Defence Division.[5]

In April 1923, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Carysfort.

On 2 November, 1926, he was appointed in command of the new minelaying cruiser Adventure, being superseded after seeing her through her trials, some time after her commissioning on 4 November. He then took the second part of the Senior Officer's Technical Course and a course in Mining before being appointed a second time in command of Adventure on 1 April, 1927. His tenure ended on 26 January, 1928 when he secured passage back to the UK in Barham.[6]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 April, 1930 and placed on the Retired List the following day. He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 19 July, 1935.[7]

World War II

Parker was appointed for duty as Commodore of Convoys with a rank of COmmodore, Second Class, R.N.R. on 31 February, 1939.[8] He died when his ship Aguila was torpedoed on 19 August, 1941.[9]

Bibliography

  • "Fallen Officers" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 September, 1941. Issue 49020, col D, pg. 6.

Service Record

 

Footnotes

  1. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  2. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 908.
  4. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  5. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  6. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  7. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  8. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  9. Uboat.net
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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