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Wray was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27750/pages/25 no. 27750.  p. 25.]  3 January, 1905.</ref>
 
Wray was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27750/pages/25 no. 27750.  p. 25.]  3 January, 1905.</ref>
  

Revision as of 13:25, 21 February 2011

Vice-Admiral Fawcet Wray, D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (25 September, 1873 – 4 March, 1932) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

F.C. Dreyer attributes the invention of the first Range Clock to Wray, as well as a Dumaresq-like rate solver.[1]

Wray was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1904.[2]

Wray was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[3]

First World War

After the Court-Martial, the Second Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton, minuted, "I am of opinion that nothing more should now be done in the matter, except that Captain Wray should also remain unemployed, as it is decidedly dangerous to have an officer of his opinions in a responsible position."[4]

Retirement

Wray died on the Streitalpe near Kitzbühel in the Austrian Tyrol while skiing on 4 March, 1932.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dreyer. "The Sea Heritage", p. 32.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28567. p. 3. 1 January, 1911.
  4. ↑ Quoted in Lumby. Policy and Operations in the Mediterranean. p. 401.

Bibliography

  • "Deaths" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 8 March, 1932. Issue 46076, col C, pg. 1.
  • "Vice-Admiral F. Wray" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 7 March, 1932. Issue 46075, col B, pg. 17.

Service Record

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