Charles Caesar de Merindol Malan

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Lieutenant-Commander Charles Caesar de Merindol Malan, R.N. (28 August, 1886 – 12 January, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Howden, Yorks.

Malan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1908.

Malan was appointed in command of the destroyer Mallard on 3 February, 1914.[1]

Malan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1916.

Malan was killed in the loss of H.M.S. Opal on 12 January, 1918.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Christopher J. F. Eddis
Captain of H.M. T.B. 105
27 Oct, 1908 – 28 Feb, 1909
Succeeded by
Ernest W. Kirkby
Preceded by
Alexander L. Fletcher
Captain of H.M. T.B. 30
19 Nov, 1913[2] – Feb, 1914
Succeeded by
Ronald I. Collier
Preceded by
Michael Horrigan
Captain of H.M.S. Mallard
3 Feb, 1914[3] – 12 Mar, 1916
Succeeded by
William S. Nelson
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. P29
12 Mar, 1916[4] – 17 Aug, 1917
Succeeded by
John D. Harvey
Preceded by
Hamilton C. Allen
Captain of H.M.S. Waveney
17 Aug, 1917 – 14 Dec, 1917
Succeeded by
Robert M. Gardner
Preceded by
M. Brock Birkett
Captain of H.M.S. Opal
20 Dec, 1917 – 12 Jan, 1918[5]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395s.
  4. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396e.
  5. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 115.