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{{LCommRN}} '''Robert Constable''' (4 May, 1884 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Robert Constable''' (4 May, 1884 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Constable was promoted to the rank of {{MateRN}} on 28 August, 1913.{{NLDec14|p. 22}}
  
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Constable was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 28 April, 1916.{{NLDec18|p. 40}}  He was appointed to the {{UK-1Phoenix|f=t}} of the {{UK-DF|1}} from 3 May 1916 through her loss on 14 May 1918.<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>
  
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Constable was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the {{UK-Exe|f=t}} from 3 August, 1918 to 5 February, 1919.<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>
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Constable was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the {{UK-Exe|f=t}} on 3 August, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 792}}
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He commanded M.L. 99 from 7 September 1920 to February, 1921.<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>
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He commanded the trawler ''Foyle'' from 24 March, 1921 to some time in April (or September?), 1921.<ref>Constable Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>
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From mid-March 1922 to mid 1927, he was in a variety of commands of groups of emergency destroyers.
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Constable was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 28 April, 1924.
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He was placed on the Retired List with the rank of {{CommRN}} on account of age on 4 May 1928.<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>
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==World War II==
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During 1939-40, Constable served as Consular Shipping Adviser in Amsterdam.
  
 
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Commander (retired) Robert Constable (4 May, 1884 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Constable was promoted to the rank of Mate on 28 August, 1913.[1]

Constable was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 April, 1916.[2] He was appointed to the destroyer Phoenix of the First Destroyer Flotilla from 3 May 1916 through her loss on 14 May 1918.[3]

Constable was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the destroyer Exe from 3 August, 1918 to 5 February, 1919.[4]

He commanded M.L. 99 from 7 September 1920 to February, 1921.[5]

He commanded the trawler Foyle from 24 March, 1921 to some time in April (or September?), 1921.[6]

From mid-March 1922 to mid 1927, he was in a variety of commands of groups of emergency destroyers.

Constable was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 April, 1924.

He was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Commander on account of age on 4 May 1928.[7]

World War II

During 1939-40, Constable served as Consular Shipping Adviser in Amsterdam.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Wesson C. H. Jones 		Captain of H.M.S. Exe
3 Aug, 1918[8][9] – 5 Feb, 1919[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James Marshall 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 6
29 Mar, 1919[11] – 17 Oct, 1919[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ernest R. Archer 		Captain of H.M.S. Thruster
21 Nov, 1921[13] – 15 Mar, 1922[14] 		Succeeded by
Noel L. Veresmith

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 22.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 40.
  3. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  4. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  5. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  6. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  7. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  8. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 792.
  10. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  11. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  12. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  13. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
  14. ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.

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