Colin Mayers

Lieutenant-Commander Colin Mayers, (4 February, 1891 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Mayers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1912 as he was being instructed in submarines. On 18 November, he was appointed to Maidstone, additional, for service in submarines and as Interpreter in Dutch. He was also able to speak German and French at a lesser level.

Mayers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1920.

Through much of 1922, he was in command of Group "M" Submarines in Reserve.

In January 1925, he visited a Zeiss factory in Kenlo, Holland and was confronted with a "difficult situation" which threatened to make the entire visit crumble. Rear-Admiral Hotham credited Mayers with having deftly averted this fate.

On 22 January, 1927, the last of a series of submarine command appointments ended, and Mayers was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 26 January, 1927. Something seemed to be afoot behind this timing, however, as in May 1927 he was "Bound Over at Old Bailey for offences under Offical Secrets Act." The Times would soon detail just what was up.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Robert F. Chisholm	Captain of H.M.S. B 3 16 Oct, 1915 – 15 Jan, 1917	Succeeded by Reginald T. Chritchlow
Preceded by John R. A. Codrington	Captain of H.M.S. V 1 16 Jan, 1917 – 23 Jun, 1918	Succeeded by Basil N. Downie
Preceded by Frederick H. Taylor	Captain of H.M.S. G 3 15 Aug, 1918 – 3 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by Ian A. P. Macintyre
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. R 10 3 Oct, 1918 – 25 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by Colin Mayers
Preceded by Redvers M. Prior	Captain of H.M.S. R 8 25 Oct, 1918 – 18 Nov, 1918	Succeeded by Redvers M. Prior
Preceded by Colin Mayers	Captain of H.M.S. R 10 18 Nov, 1918 – 25 Oct, 1919	Succeeded by Vivian R. S. Bowlby
Preceded by Jocelyn S. Bethell	Captain of H.M.S. H 50 28 Jun, 1920 – 10 Sep, 1920	Succeeded by Robert C. T. Roe
Preceded by Hugh R. Marrack	Captain of H.M.S. M 3 14 Apr, 1923 – 24 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by Jermyn Rushbrooke
Preceded by Maurice W. Bailward	Captain of H.M.S. L 25 24 Apr, 1924 – 1 Sep, 1924	Succeeded by Edward M. Loly
Preceded by Jermyn Rushbrooke	Captain of H.M.S. M 3 1 Sep, 1924 – 12 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Gerald E. Colpoys
Preceded by John D. de M. Leathes	Captain of H.M.S. L 52 1 Sep, 1926 – 20 Oct, 1926	Succeeded by John D. de M. Leathes
Preceded by James L. Boyd	Captain of H.M.S. M 2 21 Oct, 1926 – 22 Jan, 1927	Succeeded by John D. A. Musters