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{{CommRN}} '''Godfrey Herbert''', D.S.O., R.N. (28 February, 1884 &ndash; 8 August, 1961) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
Born in Coventry, the son of the non-practicing solicitor John Herbert.

Herbert was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1905.{{NLDec13|p. 39}}

Herbert was appointed in command of the {{UK-C30|f=t}} in June, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 395''a''}}

On 19 November, 1913, he was appointed to {{UK-1Maidstone}} to be Lieutenant aboard {{UK-D5}}.{{NLDec13|p. 343}}

Promotion to {{LCommRN}} followed on 31 December, 1913,{{NLNov14|p. 47}} and on 25 March, 1914, Herbert was appointed to {{UK-1Adamant|f=t}} for command of {{UK-D5|f=t}}.{{NLJun14|p. 273}}  He was to be one of only five of her crew to survive her mining on 3 November, 1914.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_D5 Wikipedia]</ref>

Herbert was appointed in command of the Q-ship H.M.S. ''Antwerp'' on 27 January, 1915, and was appointed in command of the {{UK-Baralong|f=t}} on 5 April, 1915.  On 19 August, ''Baralong'' was involved in the [[Baralong Incident]] after sinking {{DE-U27}} in the Irish Sea.  Just eight days later, Herbert was appointed in command of the {{UK-E22}}.

Herbert was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 13 September, 1915.{{NLOct15|p. 757''c''}}

Herbert was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin}} on 27 April, 1916 and loaned to command the Q-ship {{UK-CarriganHead}}, also known as ''Q 4'' in June.  He was superseded in her on 9 October, and was appointed to {{UK-K13}}, to assume command upon her commissioning.

On 29 January, 1917, he was in command of {{UK-K13}} when she sank on a test dive.  Herbert was able to escape from the submarine &ndash; his second such bit of luck.  

Herbert was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1917,{{NLNov17|p. 176''c''}} and on 3 July, he was appointed to ''Colleen'', receiving ship in Queenstown, for general staff duties and coordination with the Americans, remaining there through the end of the war.{{NLDec18|p. 759}}

==World War II==
Herbert was appointed as Captain of the armed merchant cruiser [[H.M.S. Cilicia (1937)|''Cilicia'']] on 2 September, 1939 and served in her being appointed as Captain of Minelayers in Portsmouth on 16 March, 1940.

Herbert was granted the acting rank of {{CaptRN}} on 10 November, 1939.  

Herbert was appointed as Captain of Minelayers in [[Alexandria]] on 4 November, 1941 and was moved to [[Port Said]] sometime in 1942.

He reverted to the Retired List on 10 February, 1943.

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Godfrey+Herbert Service Records]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Herbert}}
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