Robert Nelson Ommanney

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Admiral SIR Robert Nelson Ommanney, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (31 January, 1854 – 12 January, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 16 April, 1878.[1]

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1893.[2]

Captain

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1899.[3]

He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Andromeda on 1 March 1904.[4]

He commanded the battleship Britannia from August 1906 until September 1907.

Flag Rank

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 October, 1908, vice Dicken.[5]

Ommanney was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1913.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 December, vice Keppel.[7]

Great War

Fisher wrote to Churchill on 23 January, 1915: "We have struck oil in Admiral Ommanney. Oliver tells me he knows more abt handling a Fleet than anyone in the Navy! Why is he not in a Battle Squadron then? Put him in place of Warrender—Warrender to Greenwich—Bayly to Monitors—Jerram to Mines like Ommanney—let those ideas germinate!"[8]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, Ommanney was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 9 August.[9] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 2 July, 1917.[10] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) on 1 January, 1919.[11]

Bibliography

  • "Adm. Sir Nelson Ommanney" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 January, 1938. Issue 47891, col B, p. 14.
  • Ommanney, Commander R. N., R.N. (1898). Notes on the Management of Ships in a Fleet. Portsmouth: Griffin & Co.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur J. Horsley
Captain of H.M.S. Europa
17 Mar, 1903[12] – 9 Sep, 1903[13]
Succeeded by
Gerald C. A. Marescaux
Preceded by
Frederic E. E. Brock
Captain of H.M.S. Andromeda
1 Mar, 1904[14][15] – 16 Jul, 1906[16]
Succeeded by
Harry H. Stileman
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Britannia
7 Aug, 1906[17] – 19 Sep, 1907[18]
Succeeded by
Frederick R. W. Morgan
Preceded by
Arthur J. Horsley
as Captain of Devonport Dockyard and King's Harbour Master
Captain of Devonport Dockyard
20 Sep, 1907[19] – 17 Nov, 1908[20]
Succeeded by
John A. Tuke
Preceded by
George A. Giffard
Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard
9 Aug, 1909[21][22] – 9 Aug, 1912[23]
Succeeded by
Charles E. Anson

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 24574. p. 2637. 19 April, 1878.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  4. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 276-7.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 28183. p. 7224. 6 October, 1908.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28677. p. 1. 1 January, 1913.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 28783. p. 9338. 19 December, 1913.
  8. Quoted in Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill. Volume III. Companion Part I. p. 443.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 29262. p. 8016. 13 August, 1915.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 30161. p. 6550. 3 July, 1917.
  11. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 111. 1 January, 1919.
  12. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  13. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 154.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 276-7.
  15. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  16. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  17. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 993.
  18. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  19. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  20. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  21. Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
  22. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  23. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.