Collection GB 0064 GET - Greet, Admiral Thomas Young (1854-1948)

GB 0064 GET [1869-1890] Collection

Greet , Thomas Young , 1854-1948 , Admiral

Greet entered the Navy in 1867 and was promoted to midshipman in 1869. He served in the Pacific in the ZEALOUS and FAWN and was made a sub-lieutenant in 1874 He served in the JUNO, China Station, 1876 to 1877, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1878. He then spent the usual period at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, before his appointment to the Tenedos in 1882. In 1887 he served in the IRON DUKE, Channel, and in the following year he was appointed to the CHAMPION, Pacific Station. He was promoted to commander in 1891, served in the Channel and, from 1896, at a training establishment, and was promoted to captain in 1897. He retired with the rank of rear-admiral in 1907 and became an admiral on the retired list in 1916.

The papers were presented in 1966 by Mrs T.Y. Greet.

Papers of Adml Thomas Young Greet. They consist of logs, 1869 to 1875, watch bills, 1888 and one from the Empress of India, 1890, and notebooks on various subjects written at sea and at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1872 to 1882.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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The papers were presented in 1966 by Mrs T.Y. Greet.

Papers of Adml Thomas Young Greet. They consist of logs, 1869 to 1875, watch bills, 1888 and one from the Empress of India, 1890, and notebooks on various subjects written at sea and at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1872 to 1882.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais