Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon

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Herbert Inglis Nigel Lyon ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Lyon commanded the destroyer Nonsuch at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla.[1]

Lyon was later made captain of the destroyer Marmion, as she was lost under his command on 21 Oct, 1917.[2][3]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Nonsuch
before 31 May, 1916[4] – ?
Succeeded by
John F. Bowyer
Preceded by
William S. Leveson-Gower
Captain of H.M.S. Marmion
25 May, 1917[5] – 21 Oct, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
Vessel Lost

Footnotes

  1. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 45.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
  4. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395o.
  6. Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.