Reginald Burnard Darke

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 02:14, 30 June 2015 by Tone (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Rear-Admiral Reginald Burnard Darke, C.B., D.S.O., RN. (22 August, 1885 – 1962) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Darke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1907.[1]

He was appointed to the submarine C 13 on 27 May, 1909. He left on 1 March, 1910 to take command of the submarine A 7. Successively, he was placed in command of B 1 on 8 August, 1910 and C 16 on 5 January, 1911. This string of undersea work was broken when he was appointed to King George V of the Second Battle Squadron on 14 December, 1912. This appointment would carry him well into the war.[2]

Great War

Darke left King George V on 1 July, 1915 when he was appointed in command of the submarine C 1.

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1915, Darke was to remain in C1 until 1 January, 1916..[3]

A year and a half in command of G 2 followed, then a year in L 1.[4]\

Darke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918.[5]

Post-War

Darke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1926.[6]

In December, 1926, Darke was appointed in command of the light cruiser Conquest.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 June, 1937 and placed on the Retired List under the provisions of the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914 the next day.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Claude C. Dobson
Captain of H.M.S. A 7
1 Mar, 1910[8]
Succeeded by
Roland A. V. Durell
Preceded by
Thomas F. Besant
Captain of H.M.S. C 16
5 Jan, 1911[9]
Succeeded by
Ferdinand E. B. Feilmann
Preceded by
Geoffrey Layton
Captain of H.M.S. Maidstone
? – 31 Mar, 1926[10]
Succeeded by
Colin Cantlie
Preceded by
Robert R. Turner
Captain of H.M.S. Conquest
Dec, 1926[11]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 20.
  2. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  3. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  4. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  5. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  6. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  7. Darke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/88. Unnumbered folio.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 350.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 286.
  10. Superseded that day. Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.