Hugh Justin Tweedie

Admiral SIR Hugh Justin Tweedie, K.C.B., Royal Navy (5 April, 1877 – 20 August, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Tweedie was born in Kent.

In the examination for cadetships in the Royal Navy held on 25 November, 1890, Tweedie placed joint thirtieth out of fifty-seven successful candidates, with 1,254 marks.

Tweedie gained six months' time on passing out of Britannia in December, 1892. He spent his first three years in the Mediterranean, first in Dreadnought for eight months, followed by Hawke for nine months and then Rodney for just over two years.

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 March, 1899.

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1910.

Tweedie was appointed captain of the armoured cruiser Essex in December 1913 to conduct her trials. Re-appointments would extend him command until the end of 1914.

Great-War

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1914.

On 19 September, 1915, Tweedie commanded the monitor Marshal Ney for the commencement of bombardment operations against coastal batteries between Ostend and Nieuport. Her engines proved so unworkable that she was towed by a destroyer, and the German guns seemed uncomfortably long in reach at 29,000 yards. Better results were obtained on the 24th, when she and Sir John Moore followed Lord Clive as one of two squadrons of monitors. The powerful Tirpitz battery at Ostend was left alone during this second excursion.

In April 1917, Tweedie was appointed in command of the light cruiser Champion.

He was appointed command of the light cruiser Castor on November, 1917.

On 8 December, 1917, Tweedie was appointed Commodore (F) in the Grand Fleet.

Post-War

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.

With the disbanding of the Grand Fleet in April Tweedie became Commodore (D) in the new Atlantic Fleet.

He was appointed captain of Marlborough in July 1922, remaining with her for a little over a year.

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 March, 1926, vice Loder Symonds.

Tweedie was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore on 16 May, 1933 and later re-appointed upon his promotion to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1935, vice Chatfield. He was superseded at The Nore on 3 December, 1935. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 January, 1936.

World War II

Tweedie offered his services in 1938, and in 1939 was appointed to Somersetshire on the National Service Committee. Tweedie later worked with the Liverpool Convoy Pool and then the Cardiff Convoy Pool in the rank of Commodore, Second Class from mid-March until 28 April, 1940 when he reverted to the Retired List.

See Also

• "Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 August, 1951. Issue 52086, col E, pg. 8.
• Tweedie, Admiral Sir Hugh J. (1939). The Story of a Naval Life. London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd..
• Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Rowland H. Bather	Captain of H.M.S. Bonetta 9 Aug, 1910 – 15 Aug, 1910	Succeeded by Barry E. Domvile
Preceded by Cecil R. Hemans	Captain of H.M.S. Sylvia 15 Aug, 1910 – 17 Nov, 1910	Succeeded by Gervase W. H. Heaton
Preceded by Arthur M. Lecky	Captain of H.M.S. Wolf 17 Nov, 1910 – 4 Jan, 1911	Succeeded by Hugh J. Tweedie
Preceded by Richard A. A. Plowden	Captain of H.M.S. Thrasher 4 Jan, 1911 – 1 Mar, 1911	Succeeded by Thomas K. Maxwell
Preceded by Hugh J. Tweedie	Captain of H.M.S. Wolf 1 Mar, 1911 – 18 Sep, 1911	Succeeded by Claude A. Rombulow-Pearse
Preceded by Percy Withers	Captain of H.M.S. Cameleon 18 Sep, 1911 – 27 Nov, 1912	Succeeded by Charles D. Roper
Preceded by Ronald Howard	Captain of H.M.S. Hope 22 Feb, 1913 – 8 Sep, 1913	Succeeded by Norton A. Sulivan
Preceded by John F. E. Green	Captain of H.M.S. Essex 17 Nov, 1913 – 31 Dec, 1914	Succeeded by Hugh D. R. Watson
Preceded by George B. W. Young	Captain of H.M.S. Active 29 Jan, 1915 – 10 Feb, 1915	Succeeded by James R. P. Hawksley
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Calliope 10 Feb, 1915 – 14 May, 1915	Succeeded by Charles E. Le Mesurier
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Marshal Ney 20 Jun, 1915 – 7 Feb, 1916	Succeeded by Hector L. Watts-Jones
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Terror 1 Feb, 1916 – 9 Mar, 1916	Succeeded by Charles W. Bruton
Preceded by William R. Napier	Captain of H.M.S. Sir Thomas Picton 9 Mar, 1916 – Apr, 1917	Succeeded by Walton C. G. Ruxton
Preceded by James U. Farie	Captain of H.M.S. Champion Apr, 1917 – Nov, 1917	Succeeded by Arthur B. S. Dutton
Preceded by James U. Farie	Captain (D), Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla Apr, 1917 – Nov, 1917	Succeeded by Arthur B. S. Dutton
Preceded by James R. P. Hawksley	Captain of H.M.S. Castor Nov, 1917 – 1 May, 1920	Succeeded by William R. Napier
Preceded by James R. P. Hawksley	Commodore (F), Grand Fleet Nov, 1917 – 1 May, 1920	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Commodore (D), Atlantic Fleet 8 Dec, 1917	Succeeded by Michael H. Hodges as Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding Destroyer Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet
Preceded by Henry R. Crooke	Captain of H.M.S. Marlborough 25 Jul, 1922 – 3 Aug, 1923	Succeeded by William D. Paton
Preceded by Vernon H. S. Haggard	Director of Training and Staff Duties 25 Sep, 1923 – 1 Jan, 1926	Succeeded by Arthur L. Snagge
Preceded by John E. Cameron	Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse 19 Aug, 1927 – 19 Aug, 1929	Succeeded by Colin K. MacLean
Preceded by Rudolf M. Burmester	Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station 9 Jan, 1931 – Mar, 1933	Succeeded by Edward R. G. R. Evans
Preceded by Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.	Commander-in-Chief at the Nore 16 May, 1933 – 3 Dec, 1935	Succeeded by Edward R. G. R. Evans