Edward Wynter Bulteel

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Lieutenant Edward Wynter Bulteel (25 November, 1886 – 10 June, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bulteel was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.

Bulteel was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 12 on 1 August, 1914.[1]

Bulteel received his first and only command when he was appointed in command of T.B. 12 in July 1914. He died when the boat sank after hitting a mine (or being torpedoed) on 10 June, 1915 as she was hunting submarines off the Thames estuary.[2][3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur G. Seymour
Captain of H.M. T.B. 12
1 Aug, 1914[4] – 10 Jun, 1915[5]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 June 1925, p. 26.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 112.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401.
  5. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 37.