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Appointed in command of ''Royal Sapphire'' from 15 June 1917 to 17 September 1917.<ref>Read Service Record {{TNA|ADM 240/44/369.|}} f. 187.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 00:39, 13 April 2022

Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Charles Waterland Read, D.S.C. ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Read was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 3 April, 1916. He was found "entirely to blame" for two collisions on 30 May, 1916, and the Admiral Minesweepers declined to offer him command of another paddler for six months.[1]

Appointed in command of Royal Sapphire from 15 June 1917 to 17 September 1917.[2]

Appointed in command of Bichonstaffe[?] from 12 April 1918 to 16 September 1918.[3]

He was demobilised on 19 February, 1919.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Banbury
16 Sep, 1918 – 6 Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
John Wales

Footnotes

  1. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.
  2. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.
  3. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.
  4. Read Service Record The National Archives. ADM 240/44/369. f. 187.