George Pilkington

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Lieutenant George Pilkington ( – early January, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pilkington was appointed in command of the submarine C 31 on 14 November, 1912.[1] He would be lost with her when she failed to return from a reconnaissance of Zeebrugge that she began on 4 January, 1915.[2]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Anthony H. Goatley
Captain of H.M. T.B. 34
19 Jan, 1906[3] – 23 Jul, 1906[Inference]
Succeeded by
Conyngham C. Denison
Preceded by
Archibald M. Willoughby
Captain of H.M.S. A 5
30 Oct, 1911[4] – 5 Feb, 1912[Inference]
Succeeded by
George T. W. Perkins
Preceded by
John K. P. Sherlock
Captain of H.M.S. A 13
before 21 Jul, 1912[5]
Succeeded by
Alton Wishart
Preceded by
Kenneth J. Duff-Dunbar
Captain of H.M.S. C 31
14 Nov, 1912[6] – early Jan, 1915[7]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  2. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 31.
  3. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 280.
  5. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 280.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  7. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 31.