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{{RearRN}} '''Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert''', C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., R.N. (7 May, 1883 &ndash; 1 July, 1938) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
Calvert was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 May, 1905.{{NLMar13|p. 13}}

Calvert was appointed in command of the {{UK-D5|f=t}} on 15 October, 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 343}}

Calvert was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 May, 1913.<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

On 10 March, 1914, Calvert was appointed to {{UK-IronDuke}}.

==Great War==
Calvert was re-appointed in ''Iron Duke'' on 31 December, 1914, being additionally tasked with assuming the first lieutenant's duties.  He saw action in her "B" turret during the [[Battle of Jutland]], [[H.M.S. Iron Duke at the Battle of Jutland#Notes Taken in "B" Turret During the Action|dictating notes as the action unfolded]].  He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June and superseded in 'Iron Duke'' on 18 August, 1916.<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

He returned to submarine command, being appointed to the still-completing {{UK-K11}} on 18 September, 1916.  Upon her commissioning, he took command until being superseded on 9 September, 1918 to undertake an appointment in ''Dolphin'' "for submarines".<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

==Post-war==
Calvert was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1922.<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

In September, 1926, Calvert was appointed in command of the {{UK-Frobisher|f=t}}.

On 16 May, 1932, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Renown|f=t}}.  On 21 September, 1932, {{UK-Renown}} was firing her H.A. guns and a projectile landed in North Berwick.  Calvert was found "[s]eriously to blame for not taking steps to see that firing practice was carried out in a safe manner."  He was superseded in ''Renown'' on 14 August, 1933 and appointed additional to {{UK-Nelson|f=p}} as Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Kelly, subsequently to Admiral Boyle, with the rank of {{Com1RN}}.<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

Calvert was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 19 December, 1934 and was re-appointed as Chief of Staff.  He was hospitalised at Haslar with a carbuncle on his neck in 1935, and, after seven months work inside the Admiralty, he was appointed as Rear Admiral Commanding, {{UK-CS|2}}, vice Vice-Admiral [[Sidney Julius Meyrick|Meyrick]] on 14 December, 1936.

His health was apparently cause for early termination of his command of 2 C.S. on 13 June, 1938, as on 18 May he underwent surgery at Portland Hospital for an intestinal obstruction, being placed on the dangerous list for a week.  He improved enough to be transferred to King's College Hospital in London on 19 June, but he was not to recover.  He died on 1 July, 1938.<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Thomas+Frederick+Parker+Calvert Service Records]
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* [[H.M.S. Iron Duke at the Battle of Jutland]]
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