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'''Forbes Shepherd Duncan''', R.N.R. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
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Temporary {{LieutRNR}} '''Forbes Shepherd Duncan''', R.N.R. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].  His Service Record records his middle name as '''Shepperd'''.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Duncan was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 25 November, 1916.<ref>Duncan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/39/53.|}} f. 27.</ref>
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Duncan commanded an unnamed mine sweeping trawler from 12 June to 19 September 1917 when he was placed in command of a motor drifter and in charge of a flotilla of mine-sweeping motor drifters operating out of Waterford.<ref>Duncan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/39/53.|}} f. 27.</ref>
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Following a course in minesweeping, on 4 December 1917 Duncan was given command of a minesweeping trawler and charge of another flotilla of such vessels at Queenstown.<ref>Duncan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/39/53.|}} f. 27.</ref>
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On 27 July 1918 he was appointed in command of the paddle minesweeper ''Lady Evelyn'' and placed in command of a formation of such vessels at Belfast.  He was demobilised on 2 July 1919.<ref>Duncan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/39/53.|}} f. 27.</ref>
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Revision as of 15:32, 29 July 2022

Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. Forbes Shepherd Duncan, R.N.R. ( – ) served in the Royal Naval Reserve. His Service Record records his middle name as Shepperd.

Life & Career

Duncan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 25 November, 1916.[1]

Duncan commanded an unnamed mine sweeping trawler from 12 June to 19 September 1917 when he was placed in command of a motor drifter and in charge of a flotilla of mine-sweeping motor drifters operating out of Waterford.[2]

Following a course in minesweeping, on 4 December 1917 Duncan was given command of a minesweeping trawler and charge of another flotilla of such vessels at Queenstown.[3]

On 27 July 1918 he was appointed in command of the paddle minesweeper Lady Evelyn and placed in command of a formation of such vessels at Belfast. He was demobilised on 2 July 1919.[4]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur H. S. Roberts
Captain of H.M.S. Tiverton
7 Jan, 1919[5] – 1919
Succeeded by
Frederick Woodhead

Footnotes

  1. Duncan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/53. f. 27.
  2. Duncan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/53. f. 27.
  3. Duncan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/53. f. 27.
  4. Duncan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/39/53. f. 27.
  5. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 921.