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Revision as of 23:04, 18 October 2021

Commander (retired) James Chaigneau Colvill, R.N. (20 October, 1892 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a bank director and J.P., Colvill gained four months' time on passing out of the Training Establishment in mid-May, 1910.

Colvill was appointed to his third ship, the armoured cruiser Warrior of the Home Fleet on 17 July, 1911. Colvill was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 September, 1912. When he left the ship in November, Captain James Andrew Fergusson noted that Colvill was a good officer, but "rather slow." His evaluations would prove rather tepid, but improvement took hold by the late 1920s.[1][2]

When the war broke out, Colvill was serving in the Lancaster of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron as Acting Lieutenant. Colvill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 August, 1914.[3][4]

Colvill was appointed to join the monitor M.28 on 9 August, 1915. On 30 June, 1916 he was superseded. On 1 September, he was appointed in command of P17.[5]

On 11 January, 1918, Colvill was appointed from P17 for command of Crusader. He commanded her until the end of June when he was appointed in command of Amazon.[6]

Colvill was appointed in command of the destroyer Rocket on 13 November, 1918.[7]

Post-War

Colvill was appointed to Valorous on 1 November, 1919, serving under the command of Commander Cecil Rupert Hemans.[8]

On 12 Apil, 1920, Colvill married Margaret Beryl Dundas at Paddington, London.[9]

Colvill was appointed in command of the destroyer Rapid on 17 September, 1920.[10]

Colvill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 August, 1922.[11]

Colvill was placed on the Retired list at his own request with the rank of Commander on 20 November, 1935.[12]

World War II

Colvill served in command of Velox until being moved to Londonderry to serve on the staff of Naval Officer in Charge in November, 1940. On 3 May 1944, he was appointed to serve as Deputy Superintendent of Ship Construction and Repair, Naples Area. On 12 June, 1944 he was appointed Naval Officer in Charge, Naples Area, etc.[13]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip A. Heyder 		Captain of H.M.S. P17
1 Sep, 1916[14][15] – 11 Jan, 1918[16] 		Succeeded by
William A. Willock
Preceded by
John R. Johnston 		Captain of H.M.S. Crusader
11 Jan, 1918[17] – 29 Jun, 1918[18] 		Succeeded by
Mark P. C. Kerr
Preceded by
Adam Ferguson 		Captain of H.M.S. Amazon
29 Jun, 1918[19] – 12 Nov, 1918[20] 		Succeeded by
Reginald W. Lawrence
Preceded by
Frederic C. Bradley 		Captain of H.M.S. Rocket
13 Nov, 1918[21][22] – 1 Oct, 1919[23] 		Succeeded by
Gerald C. Harrison
Preceded by
Orrell Bake 		Captain of H.M.S. Rapid
17 Sep, 1920[24][25] – Apr, 1922[26] 		Succeeded by
Orrell Bake
Preceded by
Hugh B. Wrey 		Captain of H.M.S. Walpole
23 Jun, 1922[27][28] – 14 Aug, 1925[29] 		Succeeded by
William S. Moor
Preceded by
Gordon F. Hannay 		Captain of H.M.S. Vancouver
Nov, 1925[30] – 3 Apr, 1928[31] 		Succeeded by
James C. Colvill
Preceded by
James C. Colvill 		Captain of H.M.S. Vancouver
Feb, 1926 		Succeeded by
Alan MacG. Sheffield
as Captain of H.M.S. Vimy
Preceded by
Alastair G. Davidson 		Captain of H.M.S. Wakeful
Apr, 1928[32] – 1 Oct, 1928[33] 		Succeeded by
Alan MacG. Sheffield
Preceded by
John S. Prescott-Roberts 		Captain of H.M.S. Sesame
1 Oct, 1928[34][35] – 22 Apr, 1929[36] 		Succeeded by
Philip G. Wodehouse
Preceded by
Terence A. F. Longford 		Captain of H.M.S. Vanoc
21 May, 1929[37][38] – 5 Aug, 1931[39] 		Succeeded by
Alexander M. Donovan
Preceded by
Hugh Gartside-Tippinge 		Captain of H.M.S. Velox
15 Jun, 1939[40] – 29 Oct, 1940[41] 		Succeeded by
Edward G. Roper

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 16.
  3. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 373.
  5. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  6. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 897.
  8. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  9. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  11. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  12. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  13. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  14. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396d.
  16. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  17. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  18. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  19. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  20. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  21. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 897.
  23. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  24. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  26. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  27. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 287.
  29. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  30. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  31. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  32. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  33. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 268.
  35. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  36. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  38. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  39. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  40. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  41. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.


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