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Revision as of 11:00, 13 May 2014
Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.
In May 1927, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa.[1]
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[2]
Bibliography
- "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/50.
| Naval Appointments |
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Geoffrey Blake |
Captain of H.M.S. Kite 25 Apr, 1913 – ? |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Cecil B. Prickett |
Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa May, 1927 – ? |
Succeeded by Harold G. C. Franklin |
| Preceded by Thomas H. Binney |
Captain of H.M.S. Hood 30 Aug, 1933 – ? |
Succeeded by Arthur F. Pridham |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
Categories:
- People with old TabAppts
- People
- People (UK)
- 1885 births
- 1964 deaths
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1900
- Gunnery Officers
- Gunnery Officers (UK)
- Assistant Directors of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of Chatham Gunnery School
- Directors of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)
- Directors of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)
- Flag Officers in Command, Southampton
