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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Boyle was born in Crieff. | |||
Boyle was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1900.{{NLMar13|p. 9}} | Boyle was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1900.{{NLMar13|p. 9}} | ||
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Captain (retired) Harry Lumsden Boyle, C.B.E. (8 January, 1879 – 7 February, 1955) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Boyle was born in Crieff.
Boyle was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1900.[1]
Boyle's command, the destroyer Recruit was struck while at anchor in Sheerness Harbour by a barge on 27 April, 1907. Damaged above and below the waterline, she was taken into the steam basin, awaiting her turn in the No. 3 Dock when Ure was undocked on 29 April.[2]
Boyle was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1913.
Boyle was appointed in command of the scout cruiser Adventure on 1 April, 1918.[3]
Post-War
Boyle was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 8 January, 1925.
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Walter H. Cowan |
Captain of H.M.S. Blackwater 3 Jan, 1905 – 1 Jun, 1905 |
Succeeded by Hubert S. Cardale |
| Preceded by Hubert S. Cardale |
Captain of H.M.S. Gipsy 1 Jun, 1905 – 10 Oct, 1905 |
Succeeded by Denis G. Thynne |
| Preceded by Lionel G. Preston |
Captain of H.M.S. Doon 10 Oct, 1905[4] – 28 May, 1906 |
Succeeded by Edward O. Gladstone |
| Preceded by Edward O. Gladstone |
Captain of H.M.S. Recruit 28 May, 1906[5] – 5 Nov, 1907 |
Succeeded by Claude H. Woodward |
| Preceded by Harold V. Dundas |
Captain of H.M.S. Adventure 1 Apr, 1918[6] – Aug, 1919 |
Succeeded by Astley D. C. Cooper-Key |
| Preceded by John R. Segrave |
Captain of H.M.S. Conqueror 30 Apr, 1920[7] – 23 Nov, 1920 |
Succeeded by John A. Webster |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 29, 1907; pg. 10; Issue 38319.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 724.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 303.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 365.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 724.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 750.
