| 词条 | Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer) |
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| name =Robert Davenport | image = | caption = | birth_date =13 April 1882 | death_date ={{death-date and age|15 June 1965|13 April 1882}} | birth_place =Abingdon, Oxfordshire | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1896–1938 1939–1946 | rank = Vice Admiral | unit = | commands = {{HMS|Despatch|D30|6}} {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|6}} Coast of Scotland | battles = Second Boer War World War I World War II | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = }} Vice Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport CB (13 April 1882 – 15 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland. Naval careerEducated on HMS Britannia,[1] Davenport joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896.[2] He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901,[3] served in the Second Boer War and World War I.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the cruiser {{HMS|Despatch|D30|6}} in 1924 and the battleship {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|6}} in 1930[4] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1935.[5] He retired in 1938[2] but was recalled to serve in World War II as Commodore of Convoys from 1939 and then on the Selection Board for Temporary Commissions in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 until his final retirement in 1946.[1] FamilyIn 1917 he married Gwladwys Mabel Halahan (née Gwatkin-Williams).[6] References1. ^1 2 Auction.net {{S-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland|before=Everard Hardman-Jones|after=Evelyn Thomson|years=1935–1937}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Davenport, Robert}}2. ^1 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27421 |date=1 April 1902 |page=2235 }} 4. ^Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |date=14 July 2015 }} 5. ^Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }} 6. ^HMS Tetcott 4 : 1882 births|1965 deaths|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Royal Navy admirals |
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