Charles Henry Allen

Captain (retired) Charles Henry Allen, D.S.O., R.N. (23 October, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Allen's father died before he entered the navy.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July, 1911.

Allen was instructed in submarines in early 1913 and was appointed to Bonaventure for service in them on 1 May, 1913.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1913.

He was appointed to Bonaventure for duty in the submarine C 7 in August, 1914, second in command to Lieutenant in Command George F. Bradshaw.

Allen was in command of the submarine E 42 on 24 April, 1918 when she succeeded in torpedoing the hobbled battlecruiser Moltke. He would be awarded a D.S.O. for this accomplishment.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1921.

Allen was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1926.

In 1930, Allen was blamed for damaging X1 by not seeing that a test of the high pressure blowing system had been improperly conducted.

World War II

Allen was appointed as Assistant to the King's Harbour Master, Portsmouth in late 1939, vice D'Arcy. He was relieved in late April 1940 for being "incompetent at his job."

Allen was placed on the Retired List on account of age with the rank of Captain on 23 October, 1940.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John G. Bower	Captain of H.M.S. E 42 12 Jun, 1917 – 24 Mar, 1919	Succeeded by Denis W. Granet
Preceded by Alastair S. Cumming	Captain of H.M.S. L 18 27 Jul, 1921 – May, 1922	Succeeded by Charles H. Allen
Preceded by Edward M. C. Barraclough	Captain of H.M.S. L 16 May, 1922 – 22 Sep, 1922	Succeeded by John H. Owen
Preceded by Charles H. Allen	Captain of H.M.S. L 18 2 Feb, 1923 – c. late 1923	Succeeded by Theodore F. A. Voysey
Preceded by Edward G. Stanley	Captain of H.M.S. Alecto Jan, 1926 – Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by Edward A. Aylmer	Captain of H.M.S. Alecto 16 Oct, 1926	Succeeded by Cyril G. B. Coltart
Preceded by Philip E. Phillips	Captain of H.M.S. X1 27 Jul, 1927 – 28 Jul, 1930	Succeeded by Edward M. C. Barraclough
Preceded by Edward G. Stanley	Captain of H.M.S. Alecto 31 Jan, 1931 – 17 May, 1932	Succeeded by Philip Ruck-Keene
Preceded by Geoffrey Nicholson	Captain of H.M.S. Calypso 24 Jul, 1933 – 2 Apr, 1935	Succeeded by Mark Fogg-Elliott
Preceded by Charles Farquhar-Smith	Captain of H.M.S. Delhi 10 Mar, 1938 – 7 Aug, 1938	Succeeded by Reginald V. Barton
Preceded by Charles E. Morgan	Captain of H.M.S. Enterprise 7 Aug, 1938 – Aug, 1939[Inference]	Succeeded by Henry J. Egerton
Preceded by Arthur B. Hughes	Assistant King's Harbour Master of Chatham Dockyard 5 Aug, 1943 – 21 Jul, 1945	Succeeded by ?