Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke

Commander (retired) Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke, R.N. (20 September, 1888 – 16 July, 1936) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in New Zealand.

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1910.

Yorke was appointed in command of the destroyer Skate on 2 July, 1917.

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1918.

Post-War

On 5 February, 1920, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Trinidad.

Yorke was superseded in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth in May, 1928 and placed on the Retired List with the rank of Commander, being medically unfit due to sclerosis on 22 October, 1928.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by George F. Hole	Captain of H.M.S. Peterel 19 Feb, 1915 – 16 Dec, 1915	Succeeded by Alphonse M. Tulloch
Preceded by Cyril P. Franklin	Captain of H.M.S. Ouse 16 Jun, 1915 – 11 Jun, 1916	Succeeded by Arthur E. Durham
Preceded by Paul Whitfield	Captain of H.M.S. Tigress 11 Jun, 1916 – 4 Jan, 1917	Succeeded by Frank A. C. Baker
Preceded by James V. Creagh	Captain of H.M.S. Linnet 11 Jan, 1917 – 2 Jul, 1917	Succeeded by John N. Knox
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Skate 2 Jul, 1917 – 29 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron
Preceded by Basil E. Reinold	Captain of H.M.S. Plucky 29 Jan, 1919 – 25 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by John M. Smith
Preceded by Claude P. C. de Crespigny	Captain of H.M.S. M.24 25 Apr, 1919 – Jul, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edward T. Grayston	Captain of H.M.S. Cicala 2 Jul, 1919 – 22 Dec, 1919	Succeeded by Robert G. M. D. Hunt
Preceded by Arthur R. Farquhar	Captain of H.M.S. Trinidad 5 Feb, 1920 – 2 Mar, 1922	Succeeded by Vernon Hammersley-Heenan
Preceded by Henry M. Coombs	Captain of H.M.S. Vanessa 15 Dec, 1922 – Dec, 1923	Succeeded by Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Preceded by Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager	Captain of H.M.S. Violent Dec, 1923 – 8 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by Francis E. Wright
Preceded by Francis E. Wright	Captain of H.M.S. Violent Dec, 1923	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Edward C. Thornton	Captain of H.M.S. Forres 15 Aug, 1924 – 22 Oct, 1925	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Richard Harter	Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon 22 Oct, 1925 – 4 Nov, 1925	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Herbert W. Wyld	Captain of H.M.S. Spindrift c. Nov, 1927 – c. late Nov, 1927	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Ivan B. Colvin	Captain of H.M.S. Ursula 21 Nov, 1927 – c. Dec, 1927	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Dudley B. N. North	Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth early 1928 – 1 May, 1928	Succeeded by Ronald H. C. Hallifax