Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars World War I Battles/wars World War I Service/branch Royal Navy | Name Arthur Limpus Rank Admiral Died November 3, 1931 | |
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Commands held HMS Gibraltar
HMS Albion
Malta Dockyard | ||
Admiral Sir Arthur Henry Limpus, (7 June 1863 – 3 November 1931) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.
Naval career
Promoted to captain on 31 December 1896, Limpus became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Gibraltar in March 1901. The cruiser served as flagship to rear-admiral Sir Arthur Moore, Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, and was thus involved in the closing phases of the Second Boer War in South Africa. Following the end of the war in June 1902, Gibraltar toured the East Coast of Africa, visiting Zanzibar with seven Royal Navy ships for a show of force following death of the sultan and the accession of his son in July 1902, and Kenya in August.
Limpus was appointed Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee in July 1905 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Albion in October 1907. Promoted to rear admiral on 23 January 1909, he became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in September 1914 during the First World War. He was promoted to vice admiral on 14 September 1914 and to full admiral on 30 January 1918.