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Patrick Macnamara

Patrick Macnamara

Royal Navy officer

Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick Macnamara KBE, CB (11 January 1886 – 4 April 1957) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Educated at Bradfield College and the training ship HMS Britannia, Macnamara joined the Royal Navy in January 1901.[1] He served as gunnery officer in the battlecruiser HMS Tiger during the First World War.[1] Promoted to captain on 30 June 1925,[2] he was given command of the cruiser HMS Effingham in October 1927 and then the battleship HMS Nelson in September 1933 before retiring in 1936.[1] He was recalled in 1939, promoted to rear-admiral and served as Flag Officer, Scapa Flow throughout the Second World War.[1][3]

He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 13 June 1946.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sir Patrick Macnamara". The Society for Nautical Research. 3 August 1957. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    "No. 33063". The London Gazette. 3 July 1925. p. 4452.
  3. [3]
    "Admiral Superintendent's Office, Lyness". nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. [4]
    "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1946. p. 2764.
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