Sir Henry Deacon Barry
Born(1849-11-27)27 November 1849
Died14 November 1908(1908-11-14) (aged 58)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice-Admiral
Commands heldHMS Astraea
HMS Mars
Director of Naval Ordnance
Admiral Superintendent Portsmouth (1905-06)
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Deacon Barry, KCVO (27 November 1849 – 14 November 1908) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Admiral superintendent at Portsmouth dockyard.

Barry joined the Royal Navy in the early 1870s. He was promoted to captain on 30 June 1892,[1] and commanded the protected cruiser HMS Astraea, before he was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Mars in September 1900. During his time in command of the Mars, she suffered a serious accident in April 1902 when one of her forward 12-inch (305-mm) guns was fired before the breech was closed, killing two officers and nine enlisted men, injuring seven, and wrecking the forward main battery turret.[2]

He was posted to the depot ship HMS Duke of Wellington at Portsmouth on 2 January 1903,[3] and later the same month received a Good Service pension.[4] He became Director of Naval Ordnance on 1 January 1904, but after a year was appointed Admiral-superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard in February 1905, serving as such until November the following year, when he was appointed in command of a Cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean.

Berry was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1905, and promoted to a Knight Commander (KCVO) on 10 February 1906, on the occasion of the visit of King Edward VII to Portsmouth to launch the new HMS Dreadnought.[5]

Family

Barry married, in 1881, Elizabeth Annie Maltby, daughter of Rev. H. J. Maltby.

References

  1. ↑ "No. 26309". The London Gazette. 22 July 1892. p. 4187.
  2. ↑ Burt, p. 122.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36965. London. 31 December 1902. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36979. London. 16 January 1903. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "No. 27885". The London Gazette. 13 February 1906. p. 1037.
  • Burt, R. A. (1988). British Battleships 1889–1904. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-061-7.
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