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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Carr was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1894.<ref>Carr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/261.|D7602593}} f. 288.</ref> | |||
Carr was | On 3 September, 1898 Carr was appointed to ''Tamar'' additional for command of ''Sandpiper'' on the China Station. He was superseded on 3 September, 1901.<ref>Carr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/261.|D7602593}} f. 288.</ref> | ||
Carr was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1905.{{NLMar13|p. 13}} | Carr was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1905.{{NLMar13|p. 13}} | ||
Carr was appointed in command of the {{UK-Psyche|f=t}} on 16 September, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 363}} | Carr was appointed in command of the {{UK-Psyche|f=t}} on 16 September, 1911.{{NLJul13|p. 363}} | ||
==Great War== | |||
Carr was killed with almost 200 of his crew when his command, the {{UK-1Bayano|f=t}}, was torpedoed in the North Channel by {{DE-U27}}.{{KindellROH2|p. 75}} | Carr was killed with almost 200 of his crew when his command, the {{UK-1Bayano|f=t}}, was torpedoed in the North Channel by {{DE-U27}}.{{KindellROH2|p. 75}} | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 8 July 2016
Commander Henry Cecil Carr, R.N. (28 August, 1872 – 11 March, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Carr was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1894.[1]
On 3 September, 1898 Carr was appointed to Tamar additional for command of Sandpiper on the China Station. He was superseded on 3 September, 1901.[2]
Carr was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1905.[3]
Carr was appointed in command of the third class protected cruiser Psyche on 16 September, 1911.[4]
Great War
Carr was killed with almost 200 of his crew when his command, the armed merchant cruiser Bayano, was torpedoed in the North Channel by U 27.[5]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Henry B. Montagu |
Captain of H.M.S. Psyche 16 Sep, 1911[6] |
Succeeded by Herbert J. T. Marshall |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Bayano 23 Nov, 1914[7] – 11 Mar, 1915[8] |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes
- ↑ Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
- ↑ Carr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/261. f. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 363.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 75.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 363.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401d.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 75.
