Frederick Luscombe Attenborough
Commander Frederick Luscombe Attenborough, (25 June, 1875 – 25 July, 1951) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Reverend W. Attenborough of Sussex.
On 24 July 1895, Attenborough was appointed to T.B. 83 for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1895, serving under Lieutenant Dudley R. S. de Chair.
Attenborough was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 25 December, 1895.
Attenborough was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1905.
On 12 November 1906, he was appointed to Mercury and given command of the Portsmouth Submarine Flotilla. On 2 April, 1907, he moved to command Thames, and to command the Seagoing Submarine Flotilla. He was superseded on 20 November, 1907.
He retired at his own request on 16 October 1908.
When he offered his services in May 1915, he was refused on the counsel of the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope, who opined that "though an extremely clever, even brilliant officer, [he] is I am informed, a confirmed drunkard." This is unusual, in that his service record indicates uniformly temperate habits.
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Richard H. Walters |
Captain of H.M.S. Dreadnought c. May, 1904 – 2 Jul, 1904 |
Succeeded by Arthur E. Phillipps |
| Preceded by Robert W. Johnson |
Captain of H.M.S. Hazard 1 Jan, 1906[1] – 12 Nov, 1906 |
Succeeded by Albert P. Addison |
| Preceded by Frank Brandt |
Captain of H.M.S. Thames 2 Apr, 1907 – 20 Nov, 1907 |
Succeeded by Oswald H. Davies |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 325.
