Frederic Newton Attwood

Rear-Admiral Frederic Newton Attwood, C.B.E., Royal Navy (6 May, 1889 – c. March, 1974) served in the Royal Navy.

Some of his Service Records give his name as "Frederick".

Life & Career

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909.

During the war, Attwood served as torpedo officer in Crescent and Prince of Wales. On 30 August, 1916, he went to Vernon for a Whitehead Course. He remained in that appointment until being chosen as torpedo officer in Valiant on 16 May, 1917, which seems to suggest he was perhaps instructing the course.

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.

World War II

Attwood was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.

He died around early 1974, leaving an estate valued at £51,128.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Cecil E. Brooke	Captain of H.M.S. Laburnum 1 Sep, 1927 – Sep, 1929	Succeeded by Charles E. Hotham
Preceded by Guy L. Coleridge	Captain of H.M.S. Despatch 5 Jul, 1930 – 15 May, 1931	Succeeded by William E. C. Tait
Preceded by William E. C. Tait	Captain of H.M.S. Delhi 15 May, 1931 – May, 1932	Succeeded by The Hon. Edmund R. Drummond
Preceded by William F. Wake-Walker	Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties 22 Aug, 1932 – 20 Aug, 1934	Succeeded by Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by Charles A. Browne	Captain of H.M.S. Glasgow 13 Jul, 1937 – 20 Jan, 1938	Succeeded by Cyril G. B. Coltart
Preceded by Roderick B. T. Miles	Captain of H.M.S. Defiance 9 Jan, 1939 – 4 Sep, 1939	Succeeded by Roderick B. T. Miles