Dudley Burton Napier North

Admiral SIR Dudley Burton Napier North, G.C.V.O., C.B., C.S.I., C.M.G. (25 November, 1881 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

North was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1903.

North was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1911.

North was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.

Post-War

North was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1919.

North was appointed in command of the light cruiser Caledon in September, 1922.

North was appointed in command of the battleship Revenge in July, 1926.

North was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth in August, 1927.

In November, 1927, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Constance.

North was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Tiger on 11 May, 1929.

North was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 July, 1932.

North was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 19 July, 1936.

World War II

North was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1940.

He was placed on the Retired List on 15 February, 1942. However, in 23 December of that year he was made Flag Officer in Charge of Great Yarmouth, in which capacity he worked with U.S. Army Air Force personnel in creating an air-sea rescue system and established hospital facilities for the injured. He was found unfit on 16 May, 1947 and was reverted to the Retired List on 11 July.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Algernon H. C. Candy	Captain of H.M.S. Caledon 15 Sep, 1922 – 9 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by Fischer B. Watson
Preceded by Everard J. Hardman-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Champion 9 May, 1924 – 23 Sep, 1924	Succeeded by Francis E. Byrne
Preceded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson	Captain of H.M.S. Castor 23 Sep, 1924 – 20 Oct, 1924	Succeeded by Charles D. Burke
Preceded by Ragnar M. Colvin	Captain of H.M.S. Revenge 26 Jul, 1926 – 15 Aug, 1927	Succeeded by Charles W. Round-Turner
Preceded by Gerard A. Wells	Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth 15 Aug, 1927 – 1928	Succeeded by Bernard Acworth
Preceded by Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher	Captain of H.M.S. Constance 15 Aug, 1927 – 10 May, 1929	Succeeded by H. Evelyn C. Blagrove
Preceded by Kenneth G. B. Dewar	Captain of H.M.S. Tiger 10 May, 1929 – 1 Jan, 1930	Succeeded by Arthur E. F. Bedford
Preceded by Ragnar M. Colvin	Chief of Staff to C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet 14 Dec, 1932 – 1933	Succeeded by Thomas F. P. Calvert
Preceded by The Hon. Sir Herbert Meade	Captain of H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert 15 Dec, 1934	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh	Vice-Admiral Commanding, H.M. Yachts 15 Dec, 1934 – 1 Nov, 1939	Succeeded by ?