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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Phillips's scoring rank in entry and passing-out examinations showed him improving a full sixty-seven places... almost leaping from weakest to strongest performer.  His performance, in passing out eighth overall with first-class results in Mathematics, Extra Subjects and Seamanship was impressive enough to merit special mention at the prize award ceremony in April, 1904.{{ToL|Britannia Prize Distribution|Thursday, Apr 14, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37368}}
Phillips was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>
Phillips was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 October, 1909.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>


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On the night of 31 October to 1 November, 1917, Phillips was in command of the {{UK-E52|f=t}} when she sank the {{DE-UC63}} north of the Dover Net Barrage in a surfaced night attack.{{UKTH1|p. 6}}  He was awarded the D.S.O. for this, gazetted 19 December, 1917.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>
On the night of 31 October to 1 November, 1917, Phillips was in command of the {{UK-E52|f=t}} when she sank the {{DE-UC63}} north of the Dover Net Barrage in a surfaced night attack.{{UKTH1|p. 6}}  He was awarded the D.S.O. for this, gazetted 19 December, 1917.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>


Phillips was in command of the {{UK-L12|f=t}} on 16 October, 1918 when she sank {{DE-UB90}}.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}  He was awarded a bar to his D.S.O. for this, gazetted 29 November, 1918.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>  On 12 November, he was appointed to {{UK-Lucia}} for submarines.
Phillips was in command of the {{UK-L12|f=t}} on 16 October, 1918 when she sank {{DE-UB90}}.{{UKTH1|p. 13}}  He was awarded a bar to his D.S.O. for this, gazetted 29 November, 1918.<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>  On 12 November 1918, he was appointed to {{UK-Lucia}} for submarines.


==Post-War==
==Post-War==

Revision as of 14:26, 4 June 2018

Rear-Admiral Philip Esmonde Phillips, C.B., D.S.O., (16 June, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Phillips's scoring rank in entry and passing-out examinations showed him improving a full sixty-seven places... almost leaping from weakest to strongest performer. His performance, in passing out eighth overall with first-class results in Mathematics, Extra Subjects and Seamanship was impressive enough to merit special mention at the prize award ceremony in April, 1904.[1]

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1909.[2]

Phillips was appointed in command of the submarine A 7 on 10 May, 1912.[3]

He was appointed in command of the submarine B 6 on 20 February, 1914.[4]

Great War

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1917.[5]

On the night of 31 October to 1 November, 1917, Phillips was in command of the submarine E 52 when she sank the UC 63 north of the Dover Net Barrage in a surfaced night attack.[6] He was awarded the D.S.O. for this, gazetted 19 December, 1917.[7]

Phillips was in command of the submarine L 12 on 16 October, 1918 when she sank UB 90.[8] He was awarded a bar to his D.S.O. for this, gazetted 29 November, 1918.[9] On 12 November 1918, he was appointed to Lucia for submarines.

Post-War

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Commander on 21 December, 1921.[10]

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1926.[11]

In 1935, Phillips was sent out on loan to the Royal Australian Navy for two years, serving as their Second Naval Member of the Naval Board.[12]

In September, 1939, he was made a Commodore, Second Class R.N.R. to serve as a Commodore of Convoys.

In 1941, he incurred Their Lordships' displeasure, somehow, in the loss of S.S. Behar. He returned to the Retired List in July, 1945.[13]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey Warburton 		Captain of H.M.S. A 7
28 Feb, 1913[14] – Nov, 1913[15] 		Succeeded by
Gilbert M. Welman
Preceded by
Cornelius O. Regnart 		Captain of H.M.S. C 7
Nov, 1913[16] – 20 Feb, 1914[17] 		Succeeded by
George F. Bradshaw
Preceded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins 		Captain of H.M.S. B 6
20 Feb, 1914[18][19] – 7 Nov, 1914[20] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. E 52
1 Dec, 1916[21] – 3 Jun, 1918[22] 		Succeeded by
George J. D. Tweedy
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. L 12
3 Jun, 1918[23] – 1 Feb, 1919[24] 		Succeeded by
Archibald D. Cochrane
Preceded by
Geoffrey Warburton 		Captain of H.M.S. L 24
17 Nov, 1919[25] – Dec, 1920[26] 		Succeeded by
Anthony B. Lockhart
Preceded by
Charles de Burgh 		Captain of H.M.S. Adamant
30 Apr, 1923[27][28] – 29 Jan, 1925[29] 		Succeeded by
Frederick H. Taylor
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. X1
29 Jan, 1925[30] – 29 Jul, 1927[31] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Allen
Preceded by
Henry D. Pridham-Wippell 		Captain of H.M.S. Enterprise
29 Aug, 1930[32] – 15 Aug, 1932[33] 		Succeeded by
Reginald B. Darke
Preceded by
Ronald W. Blacklock 		Captain of H.M.S. Stuart
15 Nov, 1932[34][35] – 12 Dec, 1934[36] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ronald W. Blacklock 		Captain (S), Second Submarine Flotilla
15 Nov, 1932[37] – 12 Dec, 1934[38] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins
Preceded by
Charles F. Harris 		Captain of H.M.S. Mackay
Apr, 1933[39] – Dec, 1934[40] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey R. S. Watkins

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Britannia Prize Distribution." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 14, 1904; pg. 5; Issue 37368.
  2. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 350.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 299.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 149.
  6. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 6.
  7. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  8. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13.
  9. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  10. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  11. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  12. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  13. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  14. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  15. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  16. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  17. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  18. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 299.
  20. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  21. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  22. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  23. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  24. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  25. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  26. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  27. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 214.
  29. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 291.
  31. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  32. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  33. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 274.
  35. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  36. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  37. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  38. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  39. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  40. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.


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