Alfred Taylor Dale R.N.
Alfred Taylor Dale R.N.
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Alfred Taylor Dale R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Clement Dale (1807-1890) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
26 September 1840 | | Born |
14 November 1925 | | Died |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
1854 | Entered Navy |
14 April 1860 | Lieutenant |
4 April 1870 | Commander |
31 December 1876 | Captain |
10 September 1891 | Rear-Admiral |
16 September 1897 | Vice-Admiral |
3 May 1903 | Admiral |
May 1905 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
17 April 1860 | | Lieutenant in Ranger, commanded by Henry Rushworth Wratislaw, west coast of Africa |
15 November 1872 | 27 July 1875 | Commander in Cruiser (from commissioning at Portsmouth), training vessel, Mediterranean |
27 July 1875 | | Commander (2ic) in Britannia, Dartmouth |
25 October 1881 | 14 January 1885 | Captain in Diamond (from commissioning at Sheerness), Australia |
April 1894 | | Second in command, Channel squadron |
January 1896 | 1897 | Commander-in-chief of the Particular Service Squadron mobilised at the time of the "Kruger telegram" (sent by Emperor William II of Germany to President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic, congratulating him on repelling the Jameson Raid, an attack on the Transvaal from the British-controlled Cape Colony) |