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Revision as of 17:25, 28 May 2014

Richard Anthony Aston Plowden ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Sheldrake on 20 December, 1912.[1]

Plowden commanded the destroyer leader Hardy when she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.[2]

On 28 December, 1918, Plowden was appointed in command of the destroyer Musketeer.[3]

He was appointed in command of the submarine Satyr on 1 October, 1919.[4]

Plowden was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion in January, 1931.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Sheldrake
20 Dec, 1912[6] – ?
Succeeded by
Frederick P. C. de Crespigny
Preceded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Captain of H.M.S. Hardy
10 May, 1916[7] – ?
Succeeded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Preceded by
Edward Eastwick-Field
Captain of H.M.S. Musketeer
28 Dec, 1918[8] – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Spencer F. Russell
Captain of H.M.S. Minion
26 Mar, 1919[9] – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur Henniker-Heaton
Captain of H.M.S. Satyr
1 Oct, 1919[10] – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard
Captain of H.M.S. Centurion
Jan, 1931[11] – ?
Succeeded by
Montague G. B. Legge

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 380a.
  2. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  4. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 861.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 380a.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 808.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 847.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 861.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.