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Revision as of 17:33, 10 May 2014
Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.
In May 1927, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa.[1]
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
Bibliography
- "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/50.
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