Revision as of 17:47, 1 December 2012 edit Sitush (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 260,184 edits →Naval career: emotive ← Previous edit		Revision as of 17:51, 1 December 2012 edit undo Sitush (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 260,184 edits →Naval career: education Next edit →
Line 25: ==Naval career== Born in 1874, Hubert Lynes was given to a career at sea from a young age. He was educated at [[Stubbington House School]],<ref>{{cite web \|title=LYNES, Rear-Adm. Hubert \|work=Who Was Who \|publisher=A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press \|date=October 2012 \|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U228476 \|accessdate=1 December 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> an establishment with strong connections to the navy, and ~~enlisting~~enlisted in the Royal Navy aged 13 in 1888. He rose through the ranks over the next 17 years until in 1905 he was promoted to captain and placed in command of the small [[Eclipse class cruiser]] [[HMS Venus (1895)\|HMS ''Venus'']] in the [[Mediterranean]]. He commanded her until 1908, when he returned to England for a period ashore before taking command of the screw [[sloop]] [[HMS Cadmus (1903)\|HMS ''Cadmus'']] on the China Station in 1910.<ref name="Auk"/> Remaining on ''Cadmus'' until 1912, he was again returned to a shore station, where he remained until the outbreak of the First World War. An experienced naval officer, Lynes was given command of the brand-new [[Arethusa class cruiser (1913)\|''Arethusa'' Class]] cruiser [[HMS Penelope (1914)\|HMS ''Penelope'']], which completed construction in early 1915 and served in the [[Atlantic]] for the next year. In 1916 whilst hunting German [[U-boats]], ''Penelope'' was torpedoed and badly damaged by ''[[SM UB-19\|UB 19]]'', forcing extensive repairs.<ref name="Auk"/> This freed Lynes for a new post, that of second in command to Admiral [[Roger Keyes]], a dynamic officer who was in charge of the "Allied Naval and Marine Forces" a department of the [[Admiralty]] which planned and conducted raids and commando-style operations on German-held territory.

Hubert Lynes: Difference between revisions