# James Hammet

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{{short description|UK Royal Navy officer (1848–1905)}}
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|honorific_prefix = [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|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
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|rank= [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-Admiral)
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|commands= [HMS ''Nile''](/source/HMS_Nile_(1888)) <br>[HMS Sans ''Pareil''](/source/HMS_Sans_Pareil_(1887))<br>[Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard)
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[Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-Admiral) '''James Lacon Hammet''' [CVO](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order) (15 May 1848 – 15 February 1905) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who became Admiral Superintendent of [Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard).

==Naval career==
Promoted to [captain](/source/Captain_(Royal_Navy)) on 1 January 1886, Hammet became commanding officer of the [battleship](/source/battleship) [HMS ''Nile''](/source/HMS_Nile_(1888)) in November 1893, commanding officer of the battleship [HMS ''Sans Pareil''](/source/HMS_Sans_Pareil_(1887)) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/vice_admiral) on 1 January 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27751|page=150|date=6 January 1905}}</ref>
 
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{{s-ttl|title=[Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard](/source/Malta_Dockyard)|years=1902–1905}}
{{s-aft|after=[Arthur Bromley](/source/Arthur_Bromley_(Royal_Navy_officer))}}
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Category:1848 births
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Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order

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