About Robert William Craigie
Lived 1849 – 1911 (aged 62). Robert William Craigie was a naval officer.
Admiral Robert William Craigie (25 July 1849 – 21 August 1911) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham dockyard from 1902 to 1905.
Biography Craigie was born in 1849, and joined the Royal Navy in 1863. He was captain of the gunnery school HMS Cambridge off Plymouth from 1898 to 1900, in which year he was promoted to flag rank as rear-admiral on 10 August 1900.
In July 1902 he was announced as the new Admiral-superintendent of Chatham dockyard, and he took up the position on 2 September 1902, when he hoisted his flag on HMS Algiers, flagship of the Dockyard reserve. He served at Chatham for three years, and retired as admiral in 1908.
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Robert William Craigie was born on 25 July 1849.
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Robert William Craigie died on 21 August 1911.
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Robert William Craigie was a naval officer.
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