WW I reports from R.N. Capt. in Pacific 1915-16
Admiral Frederick Armand POWLETT, C.B.E., R.N. (1873 – 1963).
[H.M.S. ‘Newcastle’] typescript retained copies of reports, most from Captain Powlett to the Admiralty, some to Powlett from the officers commanding H.M.S Kent, Otranto and Orbita, two from the British Vice-consul in Paita, 103pp. in total, covering a period of the Newcastle’s war service in the Pacific. Included is Powlett’s report of the capture of the German ship Mazatlan which was then in the guise of the American ship Edna. 21st December 1915 - 21st March 1916.
Provenance: Admiral Powlett.
A fascinating series giving an eye-witness flavor of the Sea War in the Pacific.
‘On 5 December 1912, … [Powlett] was appointed captain of the light cruiser Newcastle out of the China Station. Powlett was appointed as captain of the battleship Albion in July, 1916. On 25 October 1916, he was appointed as Flag Captain in Wallington, which was part of Immingham Depot. Powlett served as captain of Collingwood from December 1918 through the following March. He was appointed to command the battleship St. Vincent on 18 March, 1919. On 27 June he was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Chief of Staff to the Vice-Admiral Commanding, East Coast of England." He was appointed command of Thunderer on 13 August, 1919. Powlett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 October, 1920, vice Culme-Seymour, and was placed on the Retired List on 8 October. He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 March, 1926.’ (http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org)
‘H.M.S. Newcastle was one of five Bristol class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1910. A former vessel named Newcastle had been Jellicoe's first seagoing ship, and he specifically requested that his wife launch the new cruiser. Newcastle was launched at Elswick on 25 November, 1909, by Lady Jellicoe, wife of the Controller of the Navy, Rear-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe. Newcastle recommissioned at Colombo on 5 December 1912. She travelled the world broadly during the war. On the night of 27-8 January, 1916 near Port San Nicolas, she captured the German ship Mazatlan which was then in the guise of the American ship Edna ... She paid off 28 February, 1920.’ (http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org).
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Admiral Frederick Armand POWLETT, C.B.E., R.N. (1873 – 1963).
[H.M.S. ‘Newcastle’] typescript retained copies of reports, most from Captain Powlett to the Admiralty, some to Powlett from the officers commanding H.M.S Kent, Otranto and Orbita, two from the British Vice-consul in Paita, 103pp. in total, covering a period of the Newcastle’s war service in the Pacific. Included is Powlett’s report of the capture of the German ship Mazatlan which was then in the guise of the American ship Edna. 21st December 1915 - 21st March 1916.
Provenance: Admiral Powlett.
A fascinating series giving an eye-witness flavor of the Sea War in the Pacific.
‘On 5 December 1912, … [Powlett] was appointed captain of the light cruiser Newcastle out of the China Station. Powlett was appointed as captain of the battleship Albion in July, 1916. On 25 October 1916, he was appointed as Flag Captain in Wallington, which was part of Immingham Depot. Powlett served as captain of Collingwood from December 1918 through the following March. He was appointed to command the battleship St. Vincent on 18 March, 1919. On 27 June he was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Chief of Staff to the Vice-Admiral Commanding, East Coast of England." He was appointed command of Thunderer on 13 August, 1919. Powlett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 7 October, 1920, vice Culme-Seymour, and was placed on the Retired List on 8 October. He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 March, 1926.’ (http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org)
‘H.M.S. Newcastle was one of five Bristol class cruisers completed for the Royal Navy in 1910. A former vessel named Newcastle had been Jellicoe's first seagoing ship, and he specifically requested that his wife launch the new cruiser. Newcastle was launched at Elswick on 25 November, 1909, by Lady Jellicoe, wife of the Controller of the Navy, Rear-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe. Newcastle recommissioned at Colombo on 5 December 1912. She travelled the world broadly during the war. On the night of 27-8 January, 1916 near Port San Nicolas, she captured the German ship Mazatlan which was then in the guise of the American ship Edna ... She paid off 28 February, 1920.’ (http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org).
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