Sir Frederic Edward Errington Brock (15 October 1854 – 1 November 1929) was a Royal Navy officer.
[1] Promoted to captain on 30 June 1898,[2] he was given command of the protected cruiser HMS Highflyer in December 1899, when she was part of a Training squadron, including a visit to Gibraltar in March 1900.
[3] He was subsequently flag captain to rear-admiral Day Bosanquet during his years on the Highflyer as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station.
He transferred to a temporary command of the second-class battleship HMS Camperdown for a month from 24 September to 7 November 1902,[4] before he was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser HMS Bacchante on 25 November 1902,[5] for her outbound journey to her first commission in the Mediterranean Squadron.
[6] Brock became Rear-Admiral Commanding the Portsmouth Division of the Home Fleet in November 1909, Senior Naval Officer at Gibraltar in September 1912 and, during the First World War, Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands in January 1916.