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{{LCommRN}} '''Patrick Wylie Rose Weir''', R.N. (11 August, 1891 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired)  '''Patrick Wylie Rose Weir''', R.N. (11 August, 1891 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of Colonel P. A. Weir, Patrick Weir passed out of the Training Establishment with no additional time gained and joined the {{UK-Indomitable|f=t}} in mid January, 1909.<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/160.|D7605571}} f. 159.</ref>
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Weir was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1914.{{NLJan21|p. 120}}
 
Weir was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1914.{{NLJan21|p. 120}}
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Weir was appointed to the {{UK-Marlborough|f=t}} on 2 June, 1914 and served in her until being superseded on 26 January, 1916.  He presently joined the {{UK-Murray}}, to serve a year in that vessel.  In March of 1917, he was appointed in command of {{UK-P35}}.<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/160.|D7605571}} f. 159.</ref>
  
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On 24 July, 1918, Weir's {{UK-Pincher}} was wrecked.  He was court-martialed and sentenced to be reprimanded for steering an unsafe course.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pincher_(1910) Wikipedia article on ''Pincher''].</ref>
 
On 24 July, 1918, Weir's {{UK-Pincher}} was wrecked.  He was court-martialed and sentenced to be reprimanded for steering an unsafe course.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pincher_(1910) Wikipedia article on ''Pincher''].</ref>
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==Post-War==
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Weir was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1922.<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/160.|D7605571}} f. 159.</ref>
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Weir was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CommRN}} on 11 August, 1935.<ref>Weir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/160.|D7605571}} f. 159.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Weir was mobilised on 29 September, 1938 and served throughout the war in a variety of naval college-related commands in Bristol and Dartmouth.
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He reverted to the Retired List on 26 November 1946.
  
 
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Commander (retired) Patrick Wylie Rose Weir, R.N. (11 August, 1891 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Colonel P. A. Weir, Patrick Weir passed out of the Training Establishment with no additional time gained and joined the battlecruiser Indomitable in mid January, 1909.[1]

Weir was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1914.[2]

Weir was appointed to the battleship Marlborough on 2 June, 1914 and served in her until being superseded on 26 January, 1916. He presently joined the Murray, to serve a year in that vessel. In March of 1917, he was appointed in command of P35.[3]

On 24 July, 1918, Weir's Pincher was wrecked. He was court-martialed and sentenced to be reprimanded for steering an unsafe course.[4]

Post-War

Weir was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1922.[5]

Weir was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 11 August, 1935.[6]

World War II

Weir was mobilised on 29 September, 1938 and served throughout the war in a variety of naval college-related commands in Bristol and Dartmouth.

He reverted to the Retired List on 26 November 1946.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. P35
Mar, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
John I. Hallett
Preceded by
Philip A. Heyder
Captain of H.M.S. Pincher
? – 24 Jul, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost
Preceded by
Gordon A. Coles
Captain of H.M.S. Plucky
28 Sep, 1918[9]
Succeeded by
Basil E. Reinold
Preceded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Captain of H.M.S. Windsor
15 May, 1922[10] – 1923
Succeeded by
Arthur J. L. Murray
Preceded by
Edmund F. FitzGerald
Captain of H.M.S. Vortigern
Apr, 1923[11]
Succeeded by
Hamilton E. Snepp

Footnotes

  1. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 120.
  3. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
  4. Wikipedia article on Pincher.
  5. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
  6. Weir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/160. f. 159.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396e.
  8. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 137.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 868.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 844.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.

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