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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edmund David Faber|Edmund D. Faber]]'''|'''[[H.M. T.B. 68 (1885)|Captain of H.M. T.B. 68]]'''<br>6 Apr, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 399}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Angus Scott|John A. Scott]]'''<br><small>as '''Captain of H.M. T.B. 068'''</small>}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edmund David Faber|Edmund D. Faber]]'''|'''[[H.M. T.B. 68 (1885)|Captain of H.M. T.B. 68]]'''<br>6 Apr, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 399}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Angus Scott|John A. Scott]]'''<br><small>as '''Captain of H.M. T.B. 068'''</small>}} | ||
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Thomas Kennedy Maxwell|Thomas K. Maxwell]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Havock (1893)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Havock'']]'''<br>1 Feb, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 324}} – 1910|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Harold Jones|Charles H. Jones]]'''}} | {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Thomas Kennedy Maxwell|Thomas K. Maxwell]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Havock (1893)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Havock'']]'''<br>1 Feb, 1910{{NLApr10|p. 324}} – 1910|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Harold Jones|Charles H. Jones]]'''}} | ||
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Revision as of 20:34, 21 July 2021
Squadron Commander De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland, R.N. (18 January, 1885 – 21 February, 1916) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Ireland was appointed in command of the destroyer Havock on 1 February, 1910.[1]
Ireland died alongside Wing Commander Neville Florian Usborne in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edmund D. Faber |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 68 6 Apr, 1906[2] |
Succeeded by John A. Scott as Captain of H.M. T.B. 068 |
| Preceded by Thomas K. Maxwell |
Captain of H.M.S. Havock 1 Feb, 1910[3] – 1910 |
Succeeded by Charles H. Jones |
| Preceded by Reginald Gregory |
In Command, Yarmouth Naval Air Station 26 Nov, 1915 – 21 Feb, 1916 |
Succeeded by Robert M. Groves |
Footnotes
