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==Life & Career==
 
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Revision as of 19:36, 25 August 2017

Chief Gunner Frank Ripley Gandy, R.N. (18 July, 1879 – 17 May, 1929) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gandy was promoted to the rank of Gunner on 18 July, 1906 and confirmed in the rank on 11 April, 1908.

Gandy was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 93 on 9 May, 1911.[1]

On 1 August, 1914, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 077.[2]

Gandy was promoted to the rank of Chief Gunner on 13 September, 1918. He was pensioned as physically unfit on 6 November 1918, having been disgnosed with heart disease at Dover.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Leonard W. Brock 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 93
9 May, 1911[3] 		Succeeded by
Fabian J. Pearse
Preceded by
Gerald F. W. Addison 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 077
1 Aug, 1914[4] – 15 Jun, 1915[5][6] 		Succeeded by
William A. Thompson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 401a.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401a.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 402.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.

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