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Admiral Sir Robert J. Prendergast, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1768).

Admiral SIR Robert John Prendergast, K.C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (9 July, 1864 – 14 May, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Prendergast was born on 9 July, 1864, the son of Mr. Robert Keating Prendergast. At the examination for naval cadetships, he placed twenty-sixth out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.[1]

Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 21 June, 1887.[2]

Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1899.[3]

Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[4]

He was made captain of the armoured cruiser Essex in December 1906.[5]

He was appointed Captain of the armoured cruiser Carnarvon in January 1908.[6]

He served as captain of Implacable from May 1910 through November 1911.[7]

Great War

Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 November, 1914.[8] He was appointed Rear-Admiral at Scapa Flow on 7 May, 1916, with his flag in Imperieuse.[9]

Post-War

Prendergast was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[10] He was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands, dated 1 March.[11] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July, 1919, in the place of The Hon. Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, promoted to the rank of Admiral. He was placed on the Retired List on 1 August.[12] On 1 January, 1920, he was appointed an ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[13] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924.[14]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, p. 14.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25712. p. 3366. 21 June, 1887.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 4.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 695.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31489. p. 9961. 5 August, 1919.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 3. 1 January, 1920.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Robert Prendergast" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 16 May, 1946. Issue 50453, col E, p. 7.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry H. Torlesse 		Rear-Admiral, Sheerness Dockyard
1911 – 1915 		Succeeded by
E. Hyde Smith

Preceded by
Francis S. Miller 		Rear-Admiral, Scapa
1916 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Merged with Orkneys and Shetlands

Preceded by
Sir Herbert G. King-Hall 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
1919 – 1920 		Succeeded by
Command abolished

 

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