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{{RearRN}} '''Algernon Robert Smithwick''', D.S.O., R.N. (3 April, 1887 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} '''Algernon Robert Smithwick''', D.S.O., R.N. (3 April, 1887 – 5 November, 1948) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of Reverend R. Smithwick of Monasterevan, Ireland.
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Smithwick was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 October, 1907.<ref>Smithwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/310.|D7604722}} f. ?.</ref>
 
Smithwick was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 October, 1907.<ref>Smithwick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/310.|D7604722}} f. ?.</ref>
  
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Aubrey Thomas Tillard|Aubrey T. Tillard]]'''|'''[[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Captain of Chatham Dockyard]]'''<br>15 Oct, 1932 &ndash; 7 Mar, 1935<ref>Stuart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/3.|D7604758}} f. 3.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Gage Stuart|Charles G. Stuart]]'''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 7 April 2022

Rear-Admiral Algernon Robert Smithwick, D.S.O., R.N. (3 April, 1887 – 5 November, 1948) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend R. Smithwick of Monasterevan, Ireland.

Smithwick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1907.[1]

Smithwick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 October, 1915.[2]

Post-War

Smithwick was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1919.[3]

Smithwick was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1927.[4]

Smithwick was appointed in command of the light cruiser Concord in December, 1930.[5]

Smithwick was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939 and was placed on the Retired List the next day.[6]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry F. Besant 		Captain of H.M.S. Bluebell
1 Feb, 1924[7][8] – 1 Apr, 1926[9] 		Succeeded by
Gerard C. Muirhead-Gould
Preceded by
Arthur N. Dowding 		Captain of H.M.S. Sandhurst
14 Mar, 1929[10] – 25 Aug, 1930[11] 		Succeeded by
Francis H. G. Walker
Preceded by
Marshal L. Clarke 		Captain of H.M.S. Concord
18 Dec, 1930[12] – 28 Dec, 1931[13] 		Succeeded by
Hubert Ardill
Preceded by
Aubrey T. Tillard 		Captain of Chatham Dockyard
15 Oct, 1932 – 7 Mar, 1935[14] 		Succeeded by
Charles G. Stuart
Preceded by
John H. Young 		Senior Naval Officer, Simonstown
23 May, 1935[15] – 2 Jul, 1937[16] 		Succeeded by
Charles G. Stuart
as Captain in Charge, Simonstown

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  2. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  3. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  4. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  5. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  6. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  7. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 219.
  9. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  10. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  11. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  13. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  14. ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
  15. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Smithwick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/310. f. ?.

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