Noel Grant
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Rear-Admiral Noel Grant, C.B., (13 September, 1868 – 6 March, 1920) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Grant was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.
On 8 February, 1910, he was made captain of the light cruiser Leander.[1]
Grant became Captain (D) of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla on 20 December, 1910.[2]
He served as captain of the battleship Irresistible for a little over a year, beginning his command in March 1913.[3]
He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Cochrane on 30 June, 1915.[4]
He retired on 28 January, 1920, and died very soon after on the sixth of March.
See Also
Bibliography
Service Records
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Henry H. Bruce |
Naval Officer in Charge, Bermuda Royal Dockyard 20 Mar, 1906[5] |
Succeeded by Basil H. Fanshawe |
| Preceded by John S. Luard |
Captain of H.M.S. Leander 8 Feb, 1910[6] |
Succeeded by Victor G. Gurner |
| Preceded by Herbert E. Holmes-à-Court |
Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla 20 Dec, 1910[7] |
Succeeded by Edward G. Lowther-Crofton |
| Preceded by Maurice Woollcombe |
Captain of H.M.S. Irresistible 26 Mar, 1913[8] |
Succeeded by The Hon. Stanhope Hawke |
| Preceded by William G. E. Ruck-Keene |
Captain of H.M.S. Cochrane 30 Jun, 1915[9] |
Succeeded by Eustace La T. Leatham |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 338.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1906). p. 551.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 338.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 November, 1910. Issue 39435, col F, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 332.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392s.
