sentences:  He was posted to the battleship HMS "Albion" on the China Station in early August 1902, before rejoining the staff at HMS "Vernon" in 1904.Promoted to captain on 31 December 1907, he became commanding officer of HMS "Defiance", the torpedo school at Devonport.He was given command of HMS "Duncan" as flag captain to Admiral Martyn Jerram, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1910 and then became superintendent of the Royal Navy signal schools in 1912.