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{{CaptRN}} '''Price Vaughan Lewes''', C.B., | {{CaptRN}} '''Price Vaughan Lewes''', C.B., D.S.O. (27 February, 1865 – 9 November, 1914) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Lewes was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1888 and made {{CommRN}} on 6 September, 1898.<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref> | The son of Colonel Lewes, of Llanlear, Cardiganshire, he entered the Royal Navy in July, 1878.<ref>''Army and Navy Gazette'' (Saturday, 28 November 1914), p. 1023.</ref> | ||
He was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1888 and made {{CommRN}} on 6 September, 1898.<ref>Lewes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 300.</ref> | |||
"When Lieutenant of the ''Blanche'', he commanded a punitive expedition in Somaliland in 1893 with distinction, receiving the D.S.O. He was specially promoted to Commander for services during the Mussulman outbreak at Candia in 1898."<ref>''Army and Navy Gazette'' (Saturday, 28 November 1914), p. 1023.</ref> | |||
Though overland travel to visit a dangerously ill wife may have removed him from the scene, he was fortunate to receive no apparent blame when the {{UK-Hazard|f=t}} torpedoed and sank a manned steam launch shortly before Christmas in 1899. Luckily, no one was injured.<ref>Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. Portsmouth. 23 Dec 1899, p. 8.</ref> | Though overland travel to visit a dangerously ill wife may have removed him from the scene, he was fortunate to receive no apparent blame when the {{UK-Hazard|f=t}} torpedoed and sank a manned steam launch shortly before Christmas in 1899. Luckily, no one was injured.<ref>Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. Portsmouth. 23 Dec 1899, p. 8.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 14 October 2024
Captain Price Vaughan Lewes, C.B., D.S.O. (27 February, 1865 – 9 November, 1914) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Colonel Lewes, of Llanlear, Cardiganshire, he entered the Royal Navy in July, 1878.[1]
He was promoted to Lieutenant on 30 June, 1888 and made Commander on 6 September, 1898.[2]
"When Lieutenant of the Blanche, he commanded a punitive expedition in Somaliland in 1893 with distinction, receiving the D.S.O. He was specially promoted to Commander for services during the Mussulman outbreak at Candia in 1898."[3]
Though overland travel to visit a dangerously ill wife may have removed him from the scene, he was fortunate to receive no apparent blame when the torpedo gunboat Hazard torpedoed and sank a manned steam launch shortly before Christmas in 1899. Luckily, no one was injured.[4]
He was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1905.[5]
Captain
On 20 December 1905, Lewes was appointed to Hermes for command of the second class protected cruiser Hyacinth. He was reappointed on her re-commissioning in April, 1906 and stayed in her until December 20th.[6]
He was appointed command of the battleship Cæsar on 9 August, 1910.[7]
On 6 June of 1911, he was appointed in command of Commonwealth,[8] operating with the Fourth Battle Squadron.
On 28 July 1914, he was placed in command of the battleship Superb,[9] operating with the First Battle Squadron[10] until forced to leave her in ill health on 4 November. He died on the 9th in Plymouth, of complications of a renal disease and was buried on the 11th in Plymouth Cemetery, grave No. 895, Lot A..[11]
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
Footnotes
- ↑ Army and Navy Gazette (Saturday, 28 November 1914), p. 1023.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Army and Navy Gazette (Saturday, 28 November 1914), p. 1023.
- ↑ Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. Portsmouth. 23 Dec 1899, p. 8.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 294.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume I. p. 438.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1900). p. 257.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Date is not entirely legible. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Inspected on 14 January. Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 290.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 294.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.
- ↑ Lewes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 300.