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    Admirals of the British Navy
    Admirals of the British Navy
    Admirals of the British Navy
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    Admirals of the British Navy

    By Francis Dodd

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    IF the English are singularly incurious about their Navy, that attitude must not be thought to imply neglect. On the contrary, it is a blend of admiration, respect, and, above all, confidence, induced very largely by the Navy itself. For so long has the Navy minded its own silent business that we—otherwise so inquisitive a people—have come to look upon it as beyond examination and (normally too eager to cut open the drum and explore its resources) trustfully to leave it to its own devices, conscious that those devices are wholly in our own interests. As Matthew Arnold said in his sonnet to Shakespeare:

    Others abide our question, thou art free—
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublisher s11838
    Release dateJun 20, 2014
    ISBN9786050308549
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      Admirals of the British Navy - Francis Dodd

      Admirals of the British Navy

      Portraits in Colors by

      Francis Dodd

      with Introduction and Biographical Notes

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      PART I

      INTRODUCTION

      I.   ADMIRAL SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O.

      II.   ADMIRAL SIR CECIL BURNEY, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.

      III.   ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES EDWARD MADDEN, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O.

      IV.   REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD FORTESCUE PHILLIMORE, C.B., M.V.O.

      V.   VICE-ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD H. S. BACON, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O.

      VI.   VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN MICHAEL de ROBECK, K.C.B.

      VII.   VICE-ADMIRAL TREVYLYAN DACRES WILLES NAPIER, C.B., M.V.O.

      VIII.   REAR-ADMIRAL SIR OSMOND DE BEAUVOIR BROCK, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G.

      IX.   REAR-ADMIRAL LIONEL HALSEY, C.B., C.M.G.

      X.   VICE-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM C. PAKENHAM, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.

      XI.   COMMODORE GODFREY M. PAINE, C.B., M.V.O.

      XII.   COMMODORE SIR REGINALD YORKE TYRWHITT, K.C.B., D.S.O.

      PART II.

      INTRODUCTION

      I.   ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., D.S.O.

      II.   ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BRADWARDINE JACKSON, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., F.R.S.

      III.   ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE SIR STANLEY CECIL JAMES COLVILLE, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.

      IV.   ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC EDWARD ERRINGTON BROCK, K.C.M.G., C.B.

      V.   REAR-ADMIRAL HEATHCOAT SALUSBURY GRANT, C.B.

      VI.   REAR-ADMIRAL FREDERICK CHARLES TUDOR TUDOR, C.B.

      VII.   ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR GEORGE ASTLEY CALLAGHAN, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.

      VIII.   REAR-ADMIRAL ARTHUR CAVENAGH LEVESON, C.B.

      IX.   VICE-ADMIRAL SIR HUGH EVAN-THOMAS, K.C.B., M.V.O.

      X.   REAR-ADMIRAL HENRY HARVEY BRUCE, C.B., M.V.O.

      XI.   REAR-ADMIRAL EDWYN S. ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR, C.B., M.V.O.

      XII.   REAR-ADMIRAL SIR ROGER JOHN BROWNLOW KEYES, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., D.S.O.

      PART I

      INTRODUCTION

      IF the English are singularly incurious about their Navy, that attitude must not be thought to imply neglect. On the contrary, it is a blend of admiration, respect, and, above all, confidence, induced very largely by the Navy itself. For so long has the Navy minded its own silent business that we—otherwise so inquisitive a people—have come to look upon it as beyond examination and (normally too eager to cut open the drum and explore its resources) trustfully to leave it to its own devices, conscious that those devices are wholly in our own interests. As Matthew Arnold said in his sonnet to Shakespeare:

      Others abide our question, thou art free—

      So do we address the Navy. For, although it baffles curiosity and ends by eliminating it, it is only to substitute faith. We do not take for granted all the things that we cannot understand: sometimes, indeed, we deny them; but we are satisfied to take for granted the Navy. We know that it is there. Where there is we may have no notion; by there we mean probably everywhere. The Navy is not only there, the Navy is everywhere, and therefore all's well. That is our simple creed.

      A further cause for this quiet and unusual acceptivity is to be found in the medium in which the Navy works—the sea itself. The sea has ever been a barrier to investigation, and the Navy and the sea are one. Public opinion is land-made, and landsmen have neither time nor inclination to cope with the riddles of the ocean, which to most of us is vague and inimical, the home of risks and discomforts which it is wiser to avoid. Well content to consider her, from a safe distance, as a Sphinx, we are very happy that to others has fallen the perilous lot of patrolling her and very full of gratitude for their courage and success.

      If the Army, on the contrary, is so much under the microscope, it is largely because it has few or no mysteries. We know the rules. Armies are made up of men like ourselves (only better). They advance as we do, by putting one foot before another, on

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