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|name= Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock |
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|birth_date=15 October 1854 |
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|death_date= 1 November 1929 |
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|allegiance= United Kingdom |
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|branch= [[Royal Navy]] |
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|rank= [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] |
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|commands=[[HMS Highflyer (1898)|HMS ''Highflyer'']]<br>[[HMS Camperdown (1885)|HMS ''Camperdown'']]<br>[[HMS Bacchante (1901)|HMS ''Bacchante'']]<br>[[HMS Andromeda (1897)|HMS ''Andromeda'']]<br>[[HMS Diadem (1896)|HMS ''Diadem'']]<br>[[HMS Donegal (1902)|HMS ''Donegal'']]<br>[[HMS Triumph (1903)|HMS ''Triumph'']]<br>[[Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands|Orkneys and Shetlands Command]] |
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|battles= [[World War I|First World War]] |
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|awards= [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] |
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==Naval career== |
==Naval career== |
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Brock was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Navy]] on 8 December 1879.<ref>{{ |
Brock was promoted to [[lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Navy]] on 8 December 1879.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24791|page=7324|date=12 December 1879}}</ref> Promoted to [[Captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] on 30 June 1898,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26983|page=3983|date=1 July 1898}}</ref> he was given command of the [[protected cruiser]] [[HMS Highflyer (1898)|HMS ''Highflyer'']] in December 1899, and was thus flag captain to rear-admiral [[Day Bosanquet]] during his years as Commander-in-Chief of the [[East Indies Station]]. He transferred to a temporary command of the second-class [[battleship]] [[HMS Camperdown (1885)|HMS ''Camperdown'']] for a month from 24 September to 7 November 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=26 September 1902 |page=8 |issue=36883| }}</ref> before he was appointed in command of the [[armored cruiser|armoured cruiser]] [[HMS Bacchante (1901)|HMS ''Bacchante'']] on 25 November 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=5 November 1902 |page=11 |issue=36917| }}</ref> for her outbound journey to her first commission in the [[Mediterranean Fleet|Mediterranean Squadron]].<ref name=commands>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIP1.pdf|title=Captains commanding Royal Navy warships|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref> On arrival she replaced {{HMS|Andromeda|1897|6}} as flagship of its cruiser squadron,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=26 August 1902 |page=4 |issue=36856| }}</ref> and Brock changed places on 20 December with Captain [[Christopher Cradock]], who had until then been in command of ''Andromeda''. Brock then brought the ''Andromeda'' home, and paid her off at Portsmouth on 10 February 1903.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=17 January 1903 |page=9 |issue=36980}}</ref> He was later given command of the protected cruiser [[HMS Diadem (1896)|HMS ''Diadem'']] in July 1903, followed by command of the armoured cruiser [[HMS Donegal (1902)|HMS ''Donegal'']] in November 1903, before transferring to the battleship [[HMS Triumph (1903)|HMS ''Triumph'']] in May 1905.<ref name=commands/> |
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Brock became Rear-Admiral Commanding the Portsmouth Division of the [[Home Fleet]] in November 1909, Senior Naval Officer at [[Gibraltar]] in September 1912 and, during the [[World War I|First World War]], [[Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands]] in January 1916.<ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur J|last= Marder|title=From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume IV 1917, Year of Crisis|page=141|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmhtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA141|publisher=Seaforth|year=2014|isbn=978-1848322011}}</ref> |
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{{s-bef | before=[[Stanley Colville|Sir Stanley Colville]]}} |
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{{s-ttl | title=[[Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands]] | years=1916–1918}} |
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{{s-aft | after=[[Herbert King-Hall|Sir Herbert King-Hall]]}} |
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 14 February 2024
Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock | |
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| Born | 15 October 1854 |
| Died | 1 November 1929 |
| Allegiance | Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Highflyer HMS Camperdown HMS Bacchante HMS Andromeda HMS Diadem HMS Donegal HMS Triumph Orkneys and Shetlands Command |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock, GBE, KCMG, CB (15 October 1854 – 1 November 1929) was a Royal Navy officer.
Naval career
[edit]Brock was promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 8 December 1879.[1] Promoted to captain on 30 June 1898,[2] he was given command of the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer in December 1899, and was thus flag captain to rear-admiral Day Bosanquet during his years as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. He transferred to a temporary command of the second-class battleship HMS Camperdown for a month from 24 September to 7 November 1902,[3] before he was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser HMS Bacchante on 25 November 1902,[4] for her outbound journey to her first commission in the Mediterranean Squadron.[5] On arrival she replaced HMS Andromeda as flagship of its cruiser squadron,[6] and Brock changed places on 20 December with Captain Christopher Cradock, who had until then been in command of Andromeda. Brock then brought the Andromeda home, and paid her off at Portsmouth on 10 February 1903.[7] He was later given command of the protected cruiser HMS Diadem in July 1903, followed by command of the armoured cruiser HMS Donegal in November 1903, before transferring to the battleship HMS Triumph in May 1905.[5]
Brock became Rear-Admiral Commanding the Portsmouth Division of the Home Fleet in November 1909, Senior Naval Officer at Gibraltar in September 1912 and, during the First World War, Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands in January 1916.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 24791". The London Gazette. 12 December 1879. p. 7324.
- ^ "No. 26983". The London Gazette. 1 July 1898. p. 3983.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36883. London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36917. London. 5 November 1902. p. 11.
- ^ a b "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36856. London. 26 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36980. London. 17 January 1903. p. 9.
- ^ Marder, Arthur J (2014). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume IV 1917, Year of Crisis. Seaforth. p. 141. ISBN 978-1848322011.