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Lieutenant-Commander John Austin Gaimes, DSO, was a submarine commander for the Royal Navy. He died 20 January 1921, at the age of 33, when the HMS ''K5'' sank with the loss of all hands during a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay. == History of service == * 1901, posted to the training shipHMS Britannia. * Served as second-in-command of the destroyer HMS ''Syren'' for a year. * Volunteered for British submarine command in 1908, appointed January 1909. * Served on the C-class submarines. * Appointed command of HMS ''A9'' on 5 October 1911. * A year later, appointed command of HMS ''B9''. * March 1913, captained HMS ''C37'' in Hong Kong. * 10 April 1917, commanded submarine in Harwich flotilla. * Located the secret Heligoland passage, marked out by buoys for German warships to follow. * June 1918, awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for war services. * After World War I, commanded submarines attached to depot ship HMS ''Dolphin'' at Portsmouth. * November 1919, appointed to cruiser HMS ''Inconstant'' for steam-driven vessels of the K-class in the First Flotilla. * 1 April 1920, appointed command of HMS K5. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Gaimes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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