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{{CommRN}} '''Lionel Stuart Moncrieffe Adam''', D.S.C., R.N., Retired (15 November, 1888 &ndash; 25 February, 1955) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
Possessed of a powerful frame, Adam gained two and a half months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in mid September 1904.   His first naval appointment was in {{UK-Swiftsure}} of the [[Home Fleet]].

Adam received an unsatisfactory report in 1906.  On 10 July, he was appointed from {{UK-Swiftsure}} to the {{UK-Implacable}}, which was in the Mediterranean.

Adam was appointed to the {{UK-Hyacinth|f=t}} on 27 March, 1909.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

In January 1910, {{UK-Hyacinth}}'s Captain [[James Douglas Dick|Dick]] offered Adam a strong recommendation, describing him as a "thoroughly good officer."  Adam was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 October, 1910.{{NLMar13|p. 2}}  In December, he was credited for his conduct in a skirmish involving a search party at Dubai.  Captain Dick amplified on his praise for Adam in an evaluation of April, 1911, saying Adam had shown "coolness, decision and pluck" in action.  Later in 1911, Adam was appointed to {{UK-Superb|f=p}}.  On 6 May 1913, he left the battleship for an appointment in {{UK-Larne}}.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

On 4 January, 1915, Adam was appointed from {{UK-Larne}} for his first command, {{UK-TB30}}.  On 21 August, 1915, he was sent ashore for four days to be treated for tonsiliitis at Queensferry Hospital.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

In the Eastern Mediterranean, Adam beached the torpedoed S.S. ''Norseman'', avoiding her loss.

On 26 September, 1915 Adam conned {{UK-TB30}} through a gale with a seamanlike skill that elicited praise from the commanding officer of {{UK-Forward}}, Commander [[Cecil George Chichester]].

On 10 November 1916, he was appointed to command {{UK-Lapwing}}.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

Adam was recommended by the Commander-in-Chief, Devonport for the promptness with which he executed an attack on an enemy submarine on 7 August, 1917.

On 6 October 1917, Adam was appointed to command {{UK-Lennox}}.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

Although Adam seems to have been officially in command of {{UK-Lennox}} at the time, he was fauled in a Court of Enquiry for grounding {{UK-Nereus}} in or around January, 1918 because he had steered an unsafe course and had failed to ensure that at least one vessel in his group was taking soundings.  In the wake of this finding, Adam left {{UK-Lennox}} and was appointed in command of the {{UK-Nerissa|f=t}} on 26 January, 1918.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

Adam was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 October, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 2}}

==Post-War==
On 17, April, 1919, Adam was sent ashore from {{UK-Nerissa}} with appendicitis.  Treated at Queensferry and Peebles, he was again fit on 26 June.  He was appointed back in command of his destroyer two days later.  He applied for a move to half pay and was refused, and so then asked for a less arduous appointment, which was approved.  Accordingly, Adam was appointed to the {{UK-Collingwood|f=tp}} on 19 August.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

Placed on the Retired List at his own request with gratuity on 6 May 1920,  Adam was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 15 November, 1928.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

==World War II==
Adam was selected for war appointment in 1937.  He was mobilised on 28 September, 1938 and sent to work as Equipment Officer on the staff of Flag Officer in Charge, Tyne.  Later in the war, he was a Sea Transport Officer, serving with the acting rank of Commander.<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>

His final appointment was terminated in September 1946 and he reverted to the Retired List.

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Lionel+Stuart+Moncrieffe+Adam Service Records]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Stewart_Moncrieffe_Adam}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Owen Tudor|Edward O. Tudor]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Nerissa (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Nerissa'']]'''<br>26 Jan, 1918<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 852}} &ndash; 17 Apr, 1919<ref>Adam Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/275.|D7605030}} f. 290.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[George Evelyn Laverton Atwood|George E. L. Atwood]]'''}}
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