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He took command of the {{UK-Enchantress|f=t}} on 9 August, 1912.<ref>Lynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 450.</ref> | He took command of the {{UK-Enchantress|f=t}} on 9 August, 1912.<ref>Lynes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 450.</ref> | ||
Lynes was appointed in command of {{UK-Sutlej}} | Lynes was appointed in command of {{UK-Sutlej}} on 1 August, 1914,{{NLDec14|p. 383}} remaining with her until he was placed in command of {{UK-Penelope}} on 1 December to commission the new ship.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 396''n''.</ref> | ||
As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the [[Dover Patrol]], subordinate to {{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald Bacon]].{{SMNLDec17|p. 4}} | As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the [[Dover Patrol]], subordinate to {{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald Bacon]].{{SMNLDec17|p. 4}} | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 7 February 2014
Rear-Admiral Hubert Lynes, C.B., C.M.G. (27 November 1874 – 10 November 1942) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
He was an expert ornithologist.
Life & Career
He served aboard Venus in the Mediterranean around 1905.
Lynes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.
He took command of the yacht Enchantress on 9 August, 1912.[1]
Lynes was appointed in command of Sutlej on 1 August, 1914,[2] remaining with her until he was placed in command of Penelope on 1 December to commission the new ship.[3]
As Commodore, he was appointed as Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk, to help command the Dover Patrol, subordinate to Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon.[4]
He was appointed in command of the Warspite in May, 1918.[5]
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