Vernon Haggard reached the Danube after varied operational and specialist appointments. His record included service in an 1897 expedition in Nigeria, destroyer and support-ship commands, and command of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla in 1913. On the Danube he held responsibility for both the naval brigade and the flotilla, combining shore and river forces under one officer. He subsequently commanded HMS Ajax, a battleship of the First World War-era King George V class.
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Vernon Haggard's active-service route to the Danube
Haggard's Danube appointment combined river and shore commands within a career that also included submarines and battleships.