Thomas Balfour Fellowes
Captain Thomas Balfour Fellowes, R.N. (13 July, 1891 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Hounson Bulter Fellowes, O.B., J.P. for Herts.
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1913.
On 5 February 1918, Fellowes's Mosquito was escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. This would be the first troopship carrying American troops sunk in WWI and the only one sunk under protection of a British convoy. Mosquito assisted in the rescue of American troops.[1]
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 October, 1921.
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1934.
On 6 May, 1938 he was superseded as Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral, Gibraltar by Geoffrey R. S. Watkins.[2]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. P36 1 Feb, 1917[3] – c. 3 Oct, 1917[Inference] |
Succeeded by Irvine G. Glennie |
| Preceded by Edward P. U. Pender |
Captain of H.M.S. Mosquito Oct, 1917[4] |
Succeeded by Maurice A. Brind |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Sesame 22 Mar, 1919[5] |
Succeeded by Alexander L. Fletcher |
| Preceded by David J. R. Simson |
Captain of H.M.S. Spear 15 Jan, 1922[6] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Gerald M. McKenna |
Captain of H.M.S. Voyager 1 Apr, 1924[7] |
Succeeded by Peter V. James |
Footnotes
- ↑ Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, Feb 5, 2016.
- ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395u.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 906.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.
