Hugh Duppa Collins
From The Dreadnought Project
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Duppa Collins, (22 June, 1884 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Collins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1905.[1]
From 1910 to the outbreak of war, Collins served as gunnery officer in Glory, Glasgow and Theseus. In 1912, he was designed Range Transmitting Gear.[2]
Collins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1913.[3]
Collins was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Monmouth as gunnery officer on 30 July, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
