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{{CaptRN}} '''Vincent Lewin Bowring''' (5 May, 1875 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} '''Vincent Lewin Bowring''' (5 May, 1875 – 23 February, 1951) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Bowring was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1896.<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>
  
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Bowring was appointed in command of the {{UK-Lightning|f=t}} on 30 May, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 6 May, 1903.  Issue '''37073''', col E, p. 12.</ref>
 
Bowring was appointed in command of the {{UK-Lightning|f=t}} on 30 May, 1903.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 6 May, 1903.  Issue '''37073''', col E, p. 12.</ref>
  
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Bowring was appointed in command of the {{UK-Violet|f=t}} on 14 August, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 394}}
 
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==Great War==
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Agincourt|f=t}} on 25 June, 1919.{{NLSep19|p. 725}}
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Agincourt|f=t}} on 25 June, 1919.{{NLSep19|p. 725}}
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Bowring was placed on the Retired List with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 5 May, 1921.<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/66.|D7602854}} f. 74.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 15:54, 18 July 2016

Captain Vincent Lewin Bowring (5 May, 1875 – 23 February, 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bowring was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[1]

Bowring was appointed in command of the destroyer Lightning on 30 May, 1903.[2]

Bowring was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1909.[3]

Bowring was appointed in command of the destroyer Violet on 14 August, 1913.[4]

Great War

He was appointed in command of the battleship Agincourt on 25 June, 1919.[5]

Bowring was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 5 May, 1921.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lawrence H. Richardson
Captain of H.M. T.B. 102
3 Apr, 1899[7] – late 1900[8]
Succeeded by
Walter R. G. Petre
Preceded by
Rowland H. Bather
Captain of H.M.S. Lightning
30 May, 1903[9][10]
Succeeded by
Ernest G. W. Davidson
Preceded by
Wion de M. Egerton
Captain of H.M.S. Violet
14 Aug, 1913[11]
Succeeded by
Archibald C. Bucknell
Preceded by
Arthur K. Betty
Captain of H.M. T.B. 35
? – 22 Jan, 1915[12]
Succeeded by
William D. Irvin
Preceded by
William D. Irvin
Captain of H.M. T.B. 35
? – 6 Feb, 1915[13]
Succeeded by
William D. Irvin
Preceded by
Charles W. Bruton
Captain of H.M.S. Ambrose
23 Mar, 1915[14]
Succeeded by
Martin E. Nasmith
Preceded by
R. Cecil Hamilton
Captain of H.M.S. Agincourt
25 Jun, 1919[15]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 6 May, 1903. Issue 37073, col E, p. 12.
  3. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 23.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  5. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 725.
  6. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/66. f. 74.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 268.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 276.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 6 May, 1903. Issue 37073, col E, p. 12.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 340.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  12. Ship Log at naval-history.net.
  13. Ship Log at naval-history.net.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401d.
  15. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 725.

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