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Henry Harwood - Definition and Overview |
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Admiral Sir Henry Harwood Sir Henry Harwood Harwood (19 January 1888 (London) - on 9 June 1950 (Goring-on-Thames)), British naval officer who won fame in the Battle of the River Plate.
Family
Son of late Surtees Harwood Harwood, Ashmans Hall, Suffolk.
Married (1924) to Joan, daughter of late Selway Chard, Magnolia House, West Tarring, Sussex. Two sons.
Career
| 1903 | | | entered the Royal Navy and specialized in torpedoes
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| ([[1919]) | | | Royal Sovereign, 1st Battle Squadron
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| 1929 | | | Commanding Officer, Warwick & Senior Officer, 9th Destroyer Division
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| 14.01.1931 | - | 1932 | Imperial Defence Course
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| 28.03.1932 | - | 1934 | Flag Captain, London (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron
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| 28.07.1934 | - | 1936 | staff, Royal Naval War College, Greenwich (HMS President)
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| 17.09.1936 | - | 25.08.1939 | Commodore Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Station & Commanding Officer, Exeter (cruiser)
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| 25.08.1939 | - | 1940 | Commodore / Rear-Admiral Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Station (Dec. 1939 commanded action against the Admiral Graf Spee)
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| 02.12.1940 | - | 1942 | a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) (HMS President)
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| 22.04.1942 | - | 02.1943 | Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (HMS Nile), renamed:
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| 1943 | - | 1943 | Commander-in-Chief, Levant
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| 1943 | - | 1943 | engaged in flank support & seaborne supply of Eighth Army
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| 15.04.1944 | - | 1945 | Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands (HMS Prosperine)
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| 15.08.1945 | | | retired (medically unfit)
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Ranks
In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Harwood was played by Anthony Quayle.
Decorations
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Example Usage of Harwood |
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