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'''Ralph Clement Smith''', D.S.C., ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Ralph Clement Smith''', D.S.C., (29 July, 1886 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 29 July, 1926.
  
 
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Revision as of 09:40, 4 July 2020

Commander (retired) Ralph Clement Smith, D.S.C., (29 July, 1886 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Entered service as a Petty Officer.

Smith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 7 July, 1916.[1]

He was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 8 on 15 November, 1918.[2]

He was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 28 on 8 December, 1919.[3]

Placed on the Retired List at his own request on 18 June, 1922.

Smith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 7 July, 1924.

Smith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 29 July, 1926.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James Figgins
Captain of H.M. T.B. 8
15 Nov, 1918[4]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Thomas Burton
Captain of H.M. T.B. 28
8 Dec, 1919[5]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 380.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.
  3. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 955-8.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 955-8.