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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Mackay was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{LieutRNR}} on 30 December, 1914.<ref>Mackay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240//37/534.|}} f. 271.</ref> | Mackay was promoted to the rank of Temporary {{LieutRNR}} on 30 December, 1914. From early in the war, he was active with the [[Cromarty Minesweeping Flotilla]], first appointed to {{UK-Columbine}}, and then to {{UK-StephenFurness}} from 19 January, 1915 and then {{UK-Thalia}} from 9 March, 1916.<ref>Mackay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240//37/534.|}} f. 271.</ref> | ||
He engaged an enemy submarine on September 5, 1917. In early 1918, he was placed in command of ''Vasco da Gama'' for antisubmarine work near Liverpool.<ref>Mackay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240//37/534.|}} f. 271.</ref> | He engaged an enemy submarine on September 5, 1917. In early 1918, he was placed in command of ''Vasco da Gama'' for antisubmarine work near Liverpool.<ref>Mackay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 240//37/534.|}} f. 271.</ref> | ||
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Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Hugh Ross Mackay, D.S.C., R.N.R. ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.
Life & Career
Mackay was promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. on 30 December, 1914. From early in the war, he was active with the Cromarty Minesweeping Flotilla, first appointed to Columbine, and then to Stephen Furness from 19 January, 1915 and then Thalia from 9 March, 1916.[1]
He engaged an enemy submarine on September 5, 1917. In early 1918, he was placed in command of Vasco da Gama for antisubmarine work near Liverpool.[2]
He was demobilised on 31 October 1919.[3]
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| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Badminton 16 Sep, 1918[4] – 28 Oct, 1919[Inference] |
Succeeded by Maurice L. Vernon |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240//37/534. f. 271.
- ↑ Mackay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240//37/534. f. 271.
- ↑ Mackay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240//37/534. f. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 735.
