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James Hammet

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Allegiance
  
Service/branch
  
Awards
  
Royal Victorian Order


Died
  
February 15, 1905

Name
  
James Hammet

Rank
  
Vice admiral

Commands held
  
HMS NileHMS Sans PareilMalta Dockyard

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Vice Admiral James Lacon Hammet CVO (15 May 1848 – 15 February 1905) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.

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Promoted to captain on 1 January 1886, Hammet became commanding officer of the battleship HMS Nile in November 1893, commanding officer of the battleship HMS Sans Pareil in February 1896 and Captain of the Portsmouth Fleet Reserve in January 1898. Promoted to rear admiral on 4 March 1894, he became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in January 1902. He was promoted to vice admiral on 1 January 1905.

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James Hammet Wikipedia


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