Captain Archibald Seaburne May

Captain Archibald Seaburne May, M.V.O. O.B.E.   R.N (Rtd) Born June 29th 1885, younger son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, G.C.B. G.C.V.O.

Entered the Royal Navy in January 15th 1900

Married 1915, Mary Emma, daughter of the late Commander Edward Noble Price. R.N.

M.V.O.  1910

O.B.E.  1919

Order of St Anne, Russia

Brother of General Sir Reginald Seaburne May, K.C.B. K.B.E. C.M.G. D.S.O.

Date	Ship	Rank	Station	Flag & Commanding Officer
1900	H.M.S Britannia	Cadet	Dartmouth	Capt. M O’Callaghan
June 1901- June 1902	H.M.S Renoun	Midshipman  May 15 1901	Mediterranean	Flagship C & C Adm. Sir John Fisher Capt Hon. H. Tyrwhitt
July 15 1904	H.M.S Excellent	Acting Sub Lieutenant	Portsmouth (courses)	Certs I.2.I.I.I.?.
Oct 1906 – Jul 1908	H.M.S Britannia (BS)	Lieutenant Oct 15 1905	Channel Fleet	Capt. R Ommanney Capt F. R. W. Morgan
July 1908 – Sept 1909	H.M.S Excellent	Lieutenant (Addl)	Portsmouth “G: Courses	Capt. R. Tupper
Sept 1909 – Oct 1910	H.M.S Excellent	Lieutenant (G)	Portsmouth	Capt. R. Tupper
Oct 1910 – June 1912	H.M.S. Minerva	Lieutenant (G)	Mediterranean	Capt. E Hyde Parker
June 1912 –	H.M.S. Pembroke (temp)	Lieutenant (G)	R.N.B. Chatham	Cdr. S Erskine
.	H.M.S. Minerva	Lieutenant (G)	.	.
Sept 1912 – Sept 1914	H.M.S. Dominion	Lieutenant (G) –	3rd Battle Squadron	.
Oct 15 1913	.	Lieutenant Commander	.	.
Sept 1914 – April 1915	H.M.S. Dominion	Lt. Comdr (G)	3rd Battle Squadron	Capt H.L. Mawbey
April 1915 – Dec 1917	H.M.S. Valiant	Lt. Comdr (G)	5th Battle Squadron	Capt M. Woollcombe
Dec 31st 1917	.	Commander	.	.
Dec 1917 – Sept 1918	H.M.S. Valiant	Commander (G)	5th Battle Squadron	Capt. M. Woollcombe
Sept 1918 – Dec 1919	H.M.S. Valiant	Commander	5th Battle Squadron	Capt. H.T. Buller Flag ship R.A. 2nd B.S. Rear Adm. L. Clinton – Baker
Dec 1919 – ?	H.M.S. President	Commander	Misc. Services at Admiralty	Capt H Longden
Dec 1920 – July 1922	H.M.S. President	Commander	Dept of Director of Naval Ordnance	.
July 1922 – Sept 1924	H.M.S Petersfield	Commander	Portsmouth	Self
March 1925 – 1925	H.M.S Victory	Commander	Senior Officers Technical Course	.
Aug 1925 – 1926	Woolwich	Commander (Addl)	For Destroyers in Reserve, Devonport	.
1927		Retired
June 29 1930		Retired Captain
1939		Retired Captain	Naval Control Service	.
– 1942	H.M.S Orlando	Retired Captain	Naval Control Service	Greenock Uk
1942 – 1942	H.M.S Afrikander 111	Retired Captain	Naval Control Service	Capetown South Africa
June 1942 – 1945	H.M.S. GNU	Retired Captain	Naval Control Service	Capetown South Africa
Oct 1943 – 1944	H.M.S Afrikander	Retired Captain	Naval Control Service	Simonstown, South Africa