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Revision as of 15:56, 22 December 2021
Captain (retired) Charles Henry Allen, D.S.O., R.N. (23 October, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Allen's father died before he entered the navy.
Allen was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July, 1911.[1]
Allen was instructed in submarines in early 1913 and was appointed to Bonaventure for service in them on 1 May, 1913.
Allen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1913.[2]
He was appointed to Bonaventure for duty in the submarine C 7 in August, 1914, second in command to Lieutenant in Command George F. Bradshaw.[3]
Allen was in command of the submarine E 42 on 24 April, 1918 when she succeeded in torpedoing the hobbled battlecruiser Moltke.[4] He would be awarded a D.S.O. for this accomplishment.
Allen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1921.
Allen was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1926.
In 1930, Allen was blamed for damaging X1 by not seeing that a test of the high pressure blowing system had been improperly conducted.
World War II
Allen was appointed as Assistant to the King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth in late 1939, vice D'Arcy. He was relieved in late April 1940 for being "incompetent at his job."
Allen was placed on the Retired List on account of age with the rank of Captain on 23 October, 1940.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 285.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. p. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 291.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 220.
