Robert Jeffreys

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Commander Robert Jeffreys (6 April, 1875 – 3 February, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy who died in command of an armed merchant cruiser lost to a mine in February, 1915.

Life & Career

Jeffreys was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1897.

Jeffreys was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1908.

Jeffreys was appointed in command of the destroyer Star on 21 November, 1911.[1]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard W. U. Bayly
Captain of H.M.S. Star
21 Nov, 1911[2]
Succeeded by
Kenneth F. Sworder
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Clan MacNaughton
23 Nov, 1914[3]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 378.
  2. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 378.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401h.

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