{{short description|UK Royal Navy officer (1848–1905)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral |name = James Hammet |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CVO}} |birth_date=15 May 1848 |death_date={{death-date and age|15 February 1905|15 May 1848}} |birth_name= James Lacon Hammet |birth_place= |death_place= |image= James Lacon Hammet.png |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |service_years= |rank= Vice-Admiral |branch= {{navy|United Kingdom}} |commands= HMS ''Nile'' <br>HMS Sans ''Pareil''<br>Malta Dockyard |unit= |battles= |awards=Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |other_work= }} Vice-Admiral '''James Lacon Hammet''' CVO (15 May 1848 – 15 February 1905) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.
==Naval career== Promoted to captain on 1 January 1886, Hammet became commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Nile'' in November 1893, commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Sans Pareil'' in February 1896 and Captain of the Portsmouth Fleet Reserve in January 1898.<ref>Service Record, The National Archives. ADM 196/38. F. 572.</ref> Promoted to rear admiral on 4 March 1894,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27150|page=3|date=2 January 1900}}</ref> he became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in January 1902.<ref>Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 31 December 1901. Issue 36652, col C, p. 9.</ref> He was promoted to vice admiral on 1 January 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27751|page=150|date=6 January 1905}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Burges Watson}} {{s-ttl|title=Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard|years=1902–1905}} {{s-aft|after=Arthur Bromley}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammet, James}} Category:1848 births Category:1905 deaths Category:Royal Navy vice admirals Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order