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Revision as of 19:32, 8 March 2015

Vice-Admiral Argentine Hugh Alington, Royal Navy, Retired (10 July, 1876 – 25 March, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Alington was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1910.[1]

On 6 August, 1918, Alington was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dragon.[2]

On 10 August, 1920, Alington was made captain of Glorious as she was serving as a turret drill ship in Devonport.[3]

In September 1922, Alington assumed command of the cruiser Hawkins.[4]

Alington was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 August, 1927, vice Royds, and was placed on the Retired List on 2 August.[5]

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Roberts
?
Succeeded by
Herbert N. Garnett
Preceded by
Joseph C. W. Henley
Captain of H.M.S. Conquest
11 May, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
Stewart M. Walker
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Dragon
6 Aug, 1918[7]
Succeeded by
Otto H. Hawke-Genn
Preceded by
Oliver Backhouse
Captain of H.M.S. Resolution
Mar, 1919[8]
Succeeded by
Harold D. Briggs
Preceded by
Gerald W. Vivian
Captain of H.M.S. Glorious
10 Aug, 1920[9]
Succeeded by
Rowland H. Bather
Preceded by
William M. James
Captain of H.M.S. Hawkins
Sep, 1922[10]
Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 2.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 779.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
  6. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392q.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 779.
  8. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 894.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 780.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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