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{{CommRN}} '''Arthur Ronald Mawson Black''', (5 December, 1899 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{CommRN}} '''Arthur Ronald Mawson Black''', (5 December, 1899 – 22 April, 1951) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Born in Boston, Lincolnshire.<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>
Born in Boston, Lincolnshire,<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref> the son of A. S. Black, Esq., a farmer.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>
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Black passed out of the Training Establishment on 1 July 1915 and was appointed to the {{UK-1Orion|f=t}}.  On 1 April 1918 he was appointed to {{UK-Vernon}} to take a twelve day course in [[Torpedo Control]].  He then served in the {{UK-P36}} from 13 April to 19 September, 1918 when he was appointed to {{UK-Dolphin}} for instruction in submarines.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>
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Black was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 June, 1919, adjusted from 15 August.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>
Loaned to [[Royal Australian Navy]] for two years, from 3 September, 1927.<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref> He reverted to the Royal navy on 29 December, 1929.<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088/5 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>
 
Though he would never command a submarine, his appointments in them included the captured {{DE-U112}} in late December 1918, {{UK-G12}} in March of 1919, and {{UK-H25}} in mid 1920.  In March 1921 he was diagnosed with syphilis at Haslar Hospital and declared no longer fit for service in submarines.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>
 
Black was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 June, 1927.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>
 
Loaned to [[Royal Australian Navy]] for two years, from 3 September, 1927.<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>
 
Black reverted to the Royal Navy on 29 December, 1929.<ref>[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/473088/5 Black R.A.N. Service Record.]</ref>
 
==World War II==
Black was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 5 December, 1944.<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:10, 6 April 2022

Commander Arthur Ronald Mawson Black, (5 December, 1899 – 22 April, 1951) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Boston, Lincolnshire,[1] the son of A. S. Black, Esq., a farmer.[2]

Black passed out of the Training Establishment on 1 July 1915 and was appointed to the battleship Orion. On 1 April 1918 he was appointed to Vernon to take a twelve day course in Torpedo Control. He then served in the P36 from 13 April to 19 September, 1918 when he was appointed to Dolphin for instruction in submarines.[3]

Black was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 June, 1919, adjusted from 15 August.[4]

Though he would never command a submarine, his appointments in them included the captured U 112 in late December 1918, G 12 in March of 1919, and H 25 in mid 1920. In March 1921 he was diagnosed with syphilis at Haslar Hospital and declared no longer fit for service in submarines.[5]

Black was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 June, 1927.[6]

Loaned to Royal Australian Navy for two years, from 3 September, 1927.[7]

Black reverted to the Royal Navy on 29 December, 1929.[8]

World War II

Black was promoted to the rank of Commander on 5 December, 1944.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Christopher H. Ringrose 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Swordsman
10 Jan, 1928[10][11] – 15 Aug, 1929[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alan MacG. Sheffield 		Captain of H.M.S. Vimy
1 Apr, 1930[13] – 22 Apr, 1932[14] 		Succeeded by
Walter J. B. Handley
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Diana
8 Sep, 1932[15] – 20 Dec, 1932[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Gerald M. B. Langley
Preceded by
Ronald W. Blacklock 		Captain of H.M.S. Wolsey
12 Sep, 1935[16] – 1936 		Succeeded by
Cecil A. N. Chatwin
Preceded by
Herbert W. Williams 		Captain of H.M.S. Verity
31 Jul, 1939[17] – 29 May, 1940[18] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. Mills

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  2. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  3. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  4. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  5. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  6. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  7. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  8. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  9. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  10. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 295.
  12. ↑ Black R.A.N. Service Record.
  13. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  14. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  15. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  16. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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