Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce

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Captain Robert Dalrymple Barwick Bruce, (23 November, 1849 – 3 February, 1901) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed in command of H.M.S. Galatea, coastguard ship at Hull, in April 1900.

Death & Burial

He was discharged from Galatea at Spithead into Haslar Naval Hospital, when his ship arrived to join the fleet assembling to mark the funeral of Queen Victoria, but died, of pneumonia, on 3 February 1901,[1] and was buried with naval honours in Haslar Naval Cemetery in Gosport.[2]

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Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward G. F. Law
Captain of H.M.S. Firefly
14 Apr, 1885[3][4]
Succeeded by
George H. Cherry
Preceded by
The Hon. Richard Bingham
Captain of H.M.S. Indefatigable
24 Jul, 1895[5][6] – 28 Aug, 1895[7]
Succeeded by
Horatio N. Dudding
Preceded by
Frederick Hutchinson
Captain of H.M.S. Naiad
8 Jul, 1896[8][9] – 30 Sep, 1896[10]
Succeeded by
Reginald R. Neeld
Preceded by
Richard W. White
Captain of H.M.S. Galatea
27 Apr, 1900[11][12] – 3 Feb, 1901
Succeeded by
Horatio N. Dudding

Footnotes

  1. Portsmouth Evening News (Monday, 4 February 1901), p. 6.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157339182/robert-dalrymple_barwick-bruce#
  3. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  4. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 210.
  5. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  6. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  7. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  9. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  10. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  11. Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/164. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 258.