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Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref> | Walters was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1893.<ref>Walters Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref> | ||
| − | He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of {{UK-2Ardent}} along with an Engineer named Baker | + | He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of {{UK-2Ardent}} along with an Engineer named A. Baker on 8 October 1899. They had departed ''Ardent'' in a boat and a squall had kicked up. Some time later, the boat they had been in was found on a shore, but the men were never located. The Admiralty presumed their boat had capsized and that they had died.<ref>Walters Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/186.|}} f. 187.</ref>{{NMI|12 Oct. 1899, p. 6}} |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 2 February 2022
Lieutenant Francis Elliott Walters, R.N. (23 April, 1871 – 1899) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Colonel Walters of Liverpool.
Walters was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1893.[1]
He enjoyed three brief T.BD.. commands beginning in August 1898, but he went missing when he was in command of Ardent along with an Engineer named A. Baker on 8 October 1899. They had departed Ardent in a boat and a squall had kicked up. Some time later, the boat they had been in was found on a shore, but the men were never located. The Admiralty presumed their boat had capsized and that they had died.[2][3]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by John G. Armstrong |
Captain of H.M.S. Skate 10 Aug, 1898[4] |
Succeeded by Alan C. Bruce |
Footnotes
- ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
- ↑ Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 12 Oct. 1899, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 297.
