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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Collins was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1905. | Collins was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 November, 1905.<ref>Collins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/135.|}} f. 69.</ref> | ||
From 1910 to the outbreak of war, Collins served as gunnery officer in {{UK-Glory}}, {{UK-1Glasgow}} and {{UK-Theseus}}. In 1912, he was designed Range Transmitting Gear.<ref>Collins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/135.|}} f. 69.</ref> | |||
Collins was appointed to the {{UK-Monmouth|f=tp}} as gunnery officer on 30 July, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November. | Collins was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 November, 1913.<ref>Collins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/135.|}} f. 69.</ref> | ||
Collins was appointed to the {{UK-Monmouth|f=tp}} as gunnery officer on 30 July, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November.<ref>Collins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/135.|}} f. 69.</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 10 June 2022
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Duppa Collins, (22 June, 1884 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Collins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1905.[1]
From 1910 to the outbreak of war, Collins served as gunnery officer in Glory, Glasgow and Theseus. In 1912, he was designed Range Transmitting Gear.[2]
Collins was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 November, 1913.[3]
Collins was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Monmouth as gunnery officer on 30 July, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November.[4]
See Also
Bibliography
Footnotes
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
- ↑ Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/135. f. 69.
