{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name =John Gaimes | image =Distinguished Service Order correct.jpg | caption = | birth_date =1887 <!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_date =January 1921 <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | burial_label = | burial_place =Bay of Biscay. | birth_place = | death_place =Lost at sea with HMS ''K5'' | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Empire | branch =23px Royal Navy | service_years =1901–1921 | rank =Commander | service_number = | unit = | commands =HMS ''A9''<br />HMS ''B9''<br />HMS ''C37''<br />HMS ''K5'' | battles =World War I | awards =DSO | relations = | other_work = }} Lieutenant-Commander '''John Austin Gaimes''', DSO, was a submarine commander for the Royal Navy. He died 20 January 1921, at the age of 33, when HMS ''K5'' sank with the loss of all hands during a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay.
== History of service == * 1901, posted to the training ship HMS ''Britannia''. * Served as second-in-command of the destroyer HMS ''Syren'' for a year. * Volunteered for British submarine command in 1908, appointed January 1909. * Served on the C-class submarines. * Appointed command of HMS ''A9'' on 5 October 1911. * A year later, appointed command of HMS ''B9''. * March 1913, captained HMS ''C37'' in Hong Kong. * 10 April 1917, commanded submarine in Harwich flotilla. * Located the secret Heligoland passage, marked out by buoys for German warships to follow. * June 1918, awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for war services. * After World War I, commanded submarines attached to depot ship HMS ''Dolphin'' at Portsmouth. * November 1919, appointed to cruiser HMS ''Inconstant'' for steam-driven vessels of the K-class in the First Flotilla. * 1 April 1920, appointed command of HMS ''K5''.
== References == *{{cite news |title=The Lost Commander |date=24 January 1921 |journal=The Times |page=12}}
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