Denis Ward Granet

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Lieutenant-Commander (emergency) Denis Ward Granet (6 April, 1895 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Granet served in the pre-dreadnought battleship Commonwealth from 15 September 1912 until he was appointed to the destroyer Falcon on 26 May, 1915. On 20 October, he was appointed to the Mindful, but almost immediately transferred to Rifleman, which was operating in the Mediterranean as part of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.[1]

Granet was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1916.[2]

In January 1917 he commenced training for and service with submarines, first under Dolphin and then Arrogant. In late March he was assigned to C 4. Later in the year, he was placed in H 2, where he remained through the end of the war. He briefly was in command of the interned German U-boat U 101 in January, 1919.[3]

Granet was appointed in command of the submarine H 47 on 24 September, 1919.[4]

Granet resigned his commission on 28 January, 1921 and was placed on the Emergency List. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on the Emergency List on 30 September, 1924. He was removed from the list on 28 June 1926 upon receiving a commission in the Territorial Army.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles H. Allen
Captain of H.M.S. E 42
9 Sep, 1919[6] – 24 Sep, 1919[7]
Succeeded by
Thomas I. S. Bell
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. H 47
24 Sep, 1919[8][9] – Feb, 1921[10]
Succeeded by
Henry K. B. Mitchell

Footnotes

  1. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  2. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  3. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782a.
  5. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  6. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  7. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  8. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 782a.
  10. Granet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/106. f. 106.