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{{CommRN}} '''Claud Lacy Yea Dering''', D.S.O. (13 October, 1885 &ndash; 31 October, 1943) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].  He commanded several submarines during the [[Great War]] but faced persistent health challenges which ultimately abbreviated his post-war career.

==Life & Career==
On 2 June, 1903, Dering was appointed to the {{UK-1Exmouth|f=t}} in the Mediterranean.   On 18 May, 1904 he transferred to the {{UK-PrinceOfWales}} on the same station where he remained until being invalided with Mediterranean Fever on 7 August, 1905.  He was sent back to Portsmouth and was admitted to Haslar Hospital on 14 August.  He regained fitness on 2 January, 1906 and on the 15th he was appointed to join {{UK-Goliath}}.  This appointment was rather abbreviated, as he joined College on 13 February, 1906.  This proved premature, as he was again found unfit.  He participated in the annual manoeuvres in {{UK-Triumph|f=p}}, and was found fit again afterward, rejoining college afterward,<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

Dering was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1907.{{NLMar13|p. 21}}

On 15 August, 1908, Dering was appointed to {{UK-Mercury}}, additional, for instruction in submarines.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

On 25 January, 1910, Dering was stricken with appendicitis and admitted to Plymouth Hospital.  He was not fit before April, 1910.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

Dering was appointed in command of the {{UK-A10|f=t}} on 8 August, 1910.

Dering was appointed in command of the {{UK-B4|f=t}} on 5 May, 1911.

Dering was appointed in command of the {{UK-C14|f=t}} on 19 March, 1913.  On 27 August, 1913, Dering was reported to be suffering from pneumonia and his condition was serious enough that his mother was to arrive that day.  He would not be declared fit for service before 25 November, 1913.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

On 13 February, 1914 Dering was sent to Mexico City with a Maxim gun party to protect British life and property.  He was apparently still there when war broke out, as on 24 August, 1914 he was ordered home "as soon as possible."<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

Back in England, Dering was appointed in command of the {{UK-C9|f=t}} on 7 September, 1914.

On 2 July, 1915, seven one pound treasury notes despatched from {{UK-Bonaventure}} to {{UK-C12}} went missing.

Dering was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1915.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

Dering was appointed in command of the {{UK-E56|f=t}} on 1 April, 1916.  In November, he was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin}} for {{UK-L4}}, to take command upon her commissioning.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

==Post-War==
On 25 February, 1919, Dering was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin}} for {{UK-M2}}, to take command upon her commissioning.  Awarded a D.S.O. for services in submarines between 1 July 1918 and the end of the war, the award was invested at Buckingham Palace on 28 June and Dering was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1919.<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>

In July, 1920, Dering was admitted to Plymouth Hospital with a femoral hernia and applied to be placed on the Retired List at his own request upon being relieved in command of {{UK-M2}}.  Before this even occurred, he asked that he be restored to the Active List and was refused, as the Royal Navy still had an excess of Commanders.  Before his effective retirement, Dering reversed course again in a letter sent from Plymouth Hospital, and his retirement became effective upon his relief on 18 September, 1920.

Dering eventually died in 1943 of peritonitis and a strangulated hernia.

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Claud+Dering Service Records]
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|Cecil P. Talbot]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. C 14 (1907)|Captain of H.M.S. ''C 14'']]'''<br>19 Mar, 1913<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLMay13|p. 301, p. 317}} &ndash; 10 Sep, 1913<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[George Wyatt Edgell Naper|George W. E. Naper]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Robert Guy Moncreiffe|John R. G. Moncreiffe]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. C 9 (1907)|Captain of H.M.S. ''C 9'']]'''<br>7 Sep, 1914<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan15|p. 285}} &ndash; 1 Apr, 1916<ref>Dering Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/122.|D7604534}} f. ?.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Francis Morton Peto|Henry F. M. Peto]]'''}}
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