Vincent Barkly Molteno
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Jump to navigationJump to searchVice-Admiral Vincent Barkley Molteno, C.B. (30 April 1872 – 12 November 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
He was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1910.
He attended the Royal Navy War College as a captain from 6 March to June, 1911, where he was noted as being First Class, placing third out of ten captains in order of merit. "V.G."
Great War
He was appointed command of the battleship Revenge on 23 July, 1915,[1] shortly before that ship was renamed Redoubtable.
He commanded the armoured cruiser Warrior at the Battle of Jutland, operating as part of the First Cruiser Squadron.
Post-War
Footnotes
- ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 260.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
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Categories:
- 1872 births
- 1952 deaths
- Personalities
- Captains of H.M.S. Revenge (1892)
- Captains of H.M.S. Antrim (1903)
- Captains of H.M.S. King George V (1911)
- Captains of H.M.S. Shannon (1906)
- Captains of H.M.S. Minotaur (1906)
- Captains of H.M.S. Bellerophon (1907)
- Captains of H.M.S. Warrior (1905)
- Royal Navy Vice-Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
