Thomas Hope Troubridge

Vice-Admiral SIR Thomas Hope Troubridge, K.C.B., D.S.O.* (1 February, 1895 – 29 September, 1949) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Ernest C. T. Troubridge.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 September, 1916.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 September, 1924.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1934.

World War II

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 January, 1943.

Troubridge was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 January, 1947.

Troubridge was informed on 18 August, 1949 that he was to be placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 15 October, but he died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 29 September.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Walter N. T. Beckett	Captain of H.M.S. Voyager 21 Dec, 1930 – 10 Sep, 1931	Succeeded by Benjamin C. S. Martin
Preceded by Charles T. Beard	Captain of H.M.S. Windsor 4 May, 1933 – 11 Feb, 1935	Succeeded by Peter D. H. R. Pelly
Preceded by Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould	Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands 23 Jul, 1936 – 14 Sep, 1939	Succeeded by World War II
Preceded by Marshal L. Clarke	Captain of H.M.S. Furious 1 Jan, 1940 – 14 Dec, 1940	Succeeded by Arthur G. Talbot
Preceded by Geoffrey J. A. Miles	Captain of H.M.S. Nelson 14 Jun, 1941 – 3 Jan, 1942	Succeeded by Duncan C. Hill
Preceded by Sir Denis W. Boyd	Fifth Sea Lord 1 May, 1945 – 25 Sep, 1946	Succeeded by Sir Philip L. Vian