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Captain (retired) Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney, R.N. (4 February, 1891 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a Royal Navy Captain.

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1913.[1]

Ommanney was appointed to the battlecruiser Queen Mary on 13 October, 1913. He was fortunate to be appointed to the Acheron Class destroyer Oak on 8 July, 1915, as this spared him dying when Queen Mary was blown up at the Battle of Jutland.

On 4 October, 1916, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Itchen.

Ommanney was Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Christopher on 16 August, 1917.[2]

Post-War

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 August, 1921.

Ommanney was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1926.

World War II

Ommanney was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 4 February, 1941.

He reverted to the Retired List on 16 September, 1946.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier 		Captain of H.M.S. Itchen
4 Oct, 1916[3] – 6 Apr, 1917 		Succeeded by
Frederick L. Cavaye
Preceded by
William H. Sandford 		Captain of H.M.S. Exe
6 Apr, 1917[4] – 16 Aug, 1917 		Succeeded by
Harold S. Gillett
Preceded by
Frederic T. Peters 		Captain of H.M.S. Christopher
16 Aug, 1917[5] – 5 May, 1919 		Succeeded by
Reginald W. English
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Sterling
5 May, 1919 – 11 Jul, 1919 		Succeeded by
Francis T. Hare
Preceded by
Reginald W. English 		Captain of H.M.S. Christopher
11 Jul, 1919 – 9 Dec, 1919 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Gerald H. Thomson 		Captain of H.M.S. Sparrowhawk
Nov, 1919 – c. late Nov, 1919 		Succeeded by
Sydney Hopkins
Preceded by
Harold W. Fawcett 		Captain of H.M.S. Auricula
3 Jan, 1920 – 19 Mar, 1920 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
The Hon. George Fraser 		Captain of H.M.S. Walker
20 Jul, 1922[6] – 8 Apr, 1924 		Succeeded by
Eric P. Vivian
Preceded by
Delorest J. D. Noble 		Captain of H.M.S. Scotsman
10 Jul, 1924 – 21 Aug, 1924 		Succeeded by
Graham H. Stokes
Preceded by
Donal S. McGrath 		Captain of H.M.S. Venomous
13 Dec, 1924[7] – Jan, 1927 		Succeeded by
Cecil A. N. Chatwin
Preceded by
John M. Porter 		Captain of H.M.S. Serapis
9 Feb, 1931[8] – 14 Feb, 1932 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Eric P. Vivian 		Captain of H.M.S. Witch
14 Feb, 1932[9] – Apr, 1933 		Succeeded by
Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee
Preceded by
Ernest R. Archer 		Captain of H.M.S. Constance
28 Jul, 1934 – 16 Feb, 1935 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ernest W. Leir 		Assistant Captain of Chatham Dockyard
2 Mar, 1938 – 15 Aug, 1941 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cecil S. Sandford 		Captain of Chatham Dockyard
15 Aug, 1941 – 10 Mar, 1943 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 84.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 757.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393s.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 757.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 840.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 269.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 293.


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