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{{LCommRNR}} '''Donald Mansfield''' (10 March, 1880 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].
{{LCommRNR}} (retired) '''Donald Mansfield''' (10 March, 1880 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Naval Reserve]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
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Mansfield was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRNR}} on 27 July, 1915.<ref>Mansfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/68/393.|}} f. 394.</ref>


Mansfield was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on
In 1916, he was cautioned following a collision between {{UK-TB034}} and {{UK-TB057}}.<ref>Mansfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/68/393.|}} f. 394.</ref>


Mansfield was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on
Mansfield was appointed in command of the {{UK-Kangaroo|f=t}} on 1 January, 1917.{{NLDec18|p. 825}}   Mansfield was granted the acting rank of {{LCommRNR}} on 30 June, 1917.  In 1920, it was decided that he would be permitted to retain this rank.<ref>Mansfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/68/393.|}} f. 394.</ref>
 
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Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (ret) Mansfield was appointed in command of the {{UK-Kangaroo|f=t}} on 1 January, 1917.{{NLDec18|p. 825}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 14:31, 22 December 2021

Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Donald Mansfield (10 March, 1880 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Life & Career

Mansfield was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 27 July, 1915.[1]

In 1916, he was cautioned following a collision between T.B. 034 and T.B. 057.[2]

Mansfield was appointed in command of the destroyer Kangaroo on 1 January, 1917.[3] Mansfield was granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. on 30 June, 1917. In 1920, it was decided that he would be permitted to retain this rank.[4]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry Forrester
Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo
26 Apr, 1916[5]
Succeeded by
Donald Mansfield
Preceded by
Donald Mansfield
Captain of H.M.S. Kangaroo
1 Jan, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
William G. Busk-Wood

Footnotes

  1. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  2. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 825.
  4. Mansfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/68/393. f. 394.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395p.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 825.