| 词条 | James Charles (mariner) |
| 释义 |
|name = James Charles |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = 1865 |birth_place = |death_date = July 16, 1928 |death_place = RMS Aquitania at Southampton, England |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |othername = |occupation = ship's captain, Commodore of Cunard Line(1921) |yearsactive = 1880-1928 |spouse = |children = }}Sir James Thomas Walter Charles KBE CB RD RNR (1865 – 16 July 1928[1]) was a noted British ocean-liner captain and later Commodore of the Cunard Steamship Line. He first went to sea at 15 in 1880 sailing on barques around Cape Horn South Africa. At Cunard he rose through the ranks and command ships like the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania before and during World War 1. In March 1918 he was given command of the RMS Aquitania. He was knighted for his wartime service in 1920 and made Commodore of the Cunard Line in 1921. He was due to retire on August 2, 1928[2] when he was stricken with an internal hemorrhage while in command of the Aquitania on a return voyage to Southampton.[3] DeathSir James final voyage was on the Aquitania. In his career he had made 726 transatlantic voyages. At New York there was little turn around time and he spoke of having to spend much time on the bridge due to fog. At Cherbourg his officer tried to persuade him to rest and allow his second, a Staff Captain Dolphin, to dock the ship. After Cherbourg the ship made its way to Southampton and Sir James felt more inclined to allow the receiving pilot to take charge of the Aquitania. He reluctantly agreed to rest in the chartroom where he was taken ill with hemorrhage. When the Aquitania docked his wife was summoned and he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Commodore's flag was lowered to half-mast announcing his passing to the passengers. References1. ^[https://www.cunard.co.uk/Global/Images/Ships/QM2/refit/Commodore_Club_bar_menu_2016.pdf Steering the fleet ever-forward through their unfaltering precision and expertise] 2. ^The Midland Journal, September 21, 1928 [*this paper got his retirement late as he had already died by the time it was printed] 3. ^[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1928-07-16/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1928&index=0&rows=20&words=Charles+James+Sir&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1928&proxtext=sir+james+charles&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)] July 16, 1928 [NOTED SEA CAPTAIN DIES ON LAST TRIP----Sir James Charles of Aquitania Expires Just After His Liner Docks External links
9 : 1865 births|1928 deaths|English sailors|Steamship captains|Royal Navy officers|British Merchant Navy officers|British Merchant Service personnel of World War I|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。