Frederick Henry Taylor

Captain Frederick Henry Taylor, C.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. (17 June, 1888 – 1953) was an submarine officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Fulham, the son of the British Consul to Dunkirk..

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909.

Taylor was appointed in command of the submarines C 21 and C 24 in June, 1913. On 23 June, 1915, while in C 24 he successfully sank U 40 off Aberdeen.

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.

On 17 January, 1918, while in command of submarine E 48, he torpedoed Template:DE-U156, but the torpedo failed to explode.

On 27 August, 1920, Taylor was appointed in command of the submarine K 11.

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1922.

Appointed in command of special service vessel Pigmy from 12 November 1926 to 19 July, 1927, also being in command of the Reserve Half Flotilla.

Taylor was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1930. He retired at his own request on 1 July, 1936.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Francis T. Hewson	Captain of H.M.S. C 21 Jun, 1913 – 23 Mar, 1914	Succeeded by Vincent M. Cooper
Preceded by Vincent M. Cooper	Captain of H.M.S. C 24 23 Mar, 1914 – 30 Jan, 1916	Succeeded by Tristram Fox
Preceded by Donald I. McGillewie	Captain of H.M.S. F 1 30 Jan, 1916 – 19 Dec, 1916	Succeeded by James L. Boyd
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. E 48 19 Dec, 1916 – Feb, 1918	Succeeded by Douglas C. Sealy
Preceded by Donald I. McGillewie	Captain of H.M.S. G 3 15 Apr, 1918 – 15 Aug, 1918	Succeeded by Colin Mayers
Preceded by Donald I. McGillewie	Captain of H.M.S. J 4 15 Aug, 1918 – 13 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Ambrose N. Lee
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. M 3 13 Jan, 1919 – 17 Aug, 1920	Succeeded by Hubert Vaughan-Jones
Preceded by George P. Thomson	Captain of H.M.S. K 11 27 Sep, 1920 – 8 Mar, 1921	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John F. Hutchings	Captain of H.M.S. K 2 8 Mar, 1921 – 18 Dec, 1922	Succeeded by Henry G. Higgins
Preceded by Philip E. Phillips	Captain of H.M.S. Adamant 5 Jan, 1925 – 12 Nov, 1926	Succeeded by Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by Reginald B. Darke	Captain of H.M.S. Conquest c. Dec, 1927	Succeeded by James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by Reginald B. Darke	Captain of H.M.S. Cyclops ?	Succeeded by Vincent P. Freeman
Preceded by Frank D. Morris	Captain of H.M.S. Adamant 16 Apr, 1929 – late 1929[Inference]	Succeeded by John D. A. Musters
Preceded by Allan Poland	Captain (S), Second Submarine Flotilla 6 May, 1929 – c. 12 Aug, 1930	Succeeded by Oswald E. Hallifax as Commander (S), Second Submarine Flotilla
Preceded by John D. A. Musters	Captain of H.M.S. Lucia 11 Nov, 1929 – c. 12 Aug, 1930	Succeeded by Oswald E. Hallifax
Preceded by Lennox A. K. Boswell	Captain of H.M.S. Douglas 22 Nov, 1930 – 11 Sep, 1932	Succeeded by Denys R. Brocklebank
Preceded by George P. Thomson	Captain (S), First Submarine Flotilla 22 Nov, 1930 – 19 Dec, 1932	Succeeded by Ronald W. Blacklock
Preceded by Denys R. Brocklebank	Captain of H.M.S. Wolsey 11 Sep, 1932 – 19 Dec, 1932	Succeeded by Ronald W. Blacklock
Preceded by George P. Thomson	Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin 20 Jan, 1933 – 1 Mar, 1935	Succeeded by Cyril G. B. Coltart