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Charles Johnson (Royal Navy officer)

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Charles Johnson
Born26 March 1869
Carbury, Ireland
Died26 June 1930 (1930-06-27) (aged 61)
Vichy, Auvergne, France
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Drake
HMS Powerful
HMS Minerva
HMS Dido
HMS Attentive
HMS Marlborough
Malta Dockyard
Battles/warsWorld War I

Admiral Charles Duncan Johnson, CB, DSO, MVO (26 March 1869 – 26 June 1930) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.

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First-class cricket

While stationed in British India, Johnson played two first-class cricket matches for the Europeans cricket team in 1893.[1]

Naval career

Promoted to captain on 31 December 1909, Johnson became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Drake in November 1911, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Powerful in January 1912 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Minerva in December 1912 .[2] He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Dido in August 1913 and, having been promoted to commodore, became Second in Command of the Dover Patrol in November 1915 during the First World War.[3] While at Dover he commanded the 6th Destroyer Flotilla in HMS Attentive.[4][5]

For his assistance during the relief efforts of the 1908 Messina earthquake, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1912.[6] In 1915 he received letters on vellum in connection with operations during the sinking of submarine SM U-8.[6] In 1916 he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, a Croix d'Officier of the Legion of Honour and a Commandeur of the Order of Leopold.[7][8][9]

After the War, Johnson became commanding officer of the battleship HMS Marlborough in October 1918 and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath "for valuable services in command of HMS Marlborough during the operations in Kaffa Bay, Russia" in 1919.[10][2] He went on to be Rear Admiral, Reserve Fleet in April 1921 and Admiral Superintendent Malta Dockyard in February 1924 .[11] He was promoted to vice admiral on 1 March 1926[12] and to full admiral on 8 May 1930.[13]

References

  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Johnson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ^ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1915). p. 4.
  4. ^ Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917, Vol. 1. (2 vols.). New York: George H. Doran Co. p. 56. Vol. 1Vol. 2
  5. ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Sixth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy) – The Dreadnought Project". dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley and Lovell, 14 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "No. 29123". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 April 1915. p. 3551.
  7. ^ "No. 29436". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1916. p. 548.
  8. ^ "No. 29751". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 September 1916. p. 9081.
  9. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 11.
  10. ^ "No. 13539". The Edinburgh Gazette. 16 December 1919. p. 4078.
  11. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  12. ^ "No. 33139". The London Gazette. 5 March 1926. p. 1650.
  13. ^ "No. 33604". The London Gazette. 9 May 1930. p. 2867.
Military offices
Preceded by Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard
1924–1926
Succeeded by
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