Kennedy, Francis William

Captain Kennedy was the senior Captain on the Navy List at the time of the Battle of Jutland. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral with effect from 1 June 1916 following the Battle, and left the ship on 7 June 1916. He was succeeded by Captain Michael H. Hodges, who signed off the report of her Gunnery Officer, Lieutenant Commander Lachlan Donald Ian MacKinnon.

Report of Senior Officer, 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron Captain - HMS “Indomitable”

No. 363/16. HMS "Indomitable," 2nd June 1916.

SIR,

I HAVE the honour to report that HM Battle Cruisers "Invincible," "Indomitable," and "Inflexible," HM Light Cruisers "Chester," and "Canterbury," and HM Destroyers "Christopher," “Ophelia,” "Shark," and "Acasta" left the Pentland Firth at 9.35 p.m. on 30th May 1916, just ahead of the Grand Fleet, with which visual touch kept was By the late Rear-Admiral Commanding Third Battle Cruiser Squadron, the Honourable Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., through “Chester” till we were in Latitude 57° 49' North, 4° 42' East at 2.23 p.m. on 31st May. 2. REMAINDER OF TEXT WILL APPEAR HERE SHORTLY

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