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Admiral Frederic Edward Errington Brock GBE, KCMG, CB (15 October 1854 – 1 November 1929) was a Royal Navy officer.

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, the battleship HMS Camperdown in September 1902 and the armoured cruiser HMS Bacchante in November 1902.[3] He was also given command of the protected cruiser HMS Andromeda in December 1902, the protected cruiser HMS Diadem in July 1903 and the armoured cruiser HMS Donegal in November 1903 before transferring to HMS Triumph in May 1905.[4]

He became Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands in January 1916 during the First World War.[5]

References

  1. ^ "No. 24791". The London Gazette. 12 December 1879.
  2. ^ "No. 26983". The London Gazette. 1 July 1898.
  3. ^ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220
  4. ^ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ^ Marder, Arthur J (2014). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume IV 1917, Year of Crisis. Seaforth. p. 141. ISBN 978-1848322011. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
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