Difference between revisions of "Geoffrey Blake"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(Converting Royal Navy rank categories to template formats)
(move from old Bibliography Templates to new, Citable Source Templates)
Line 15: Line 15:
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
 
*"Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 24 July, 1968.  Issue '''57311''', col G, pg. 10.
 
*"Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 24 July, 1968.  Issue '''57311''', col G, pg. 10.
−
*{{BibBrooksThesis}}
+
*{{BrooksThesis}}
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Revision as of 16:20, 14 September 2012

Vice-Admiral SIR Geoffrey Blake, K.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (16 September, 1882 – 18 July, 1968) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War, when he served as Gunnery Officer of the Grand Fleet's flagship Iron Duke and subsequently served as Commander in the post-1917 flagship, Queen Elizabeth.

Early Life & Career

On 15 September he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for his services at Jutland.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 April, 1931.[2]

Jutland

Blake reported that "Error [spread] reported by Rangefinder Plot was 500 yards. Range 11,000 yards"[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9071. 15 September, 1916.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33706. p. 2331. 10 April, 1931.
  3. ↑ John Brooks Thesis, citing 'Notes made in the...Gun Control Tower' in ADM 137/302.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 24 July, 1968. Issue 57311, col G, pg. 10.
  • Brooks, John (2001). Fire Control for British Dreadnoughts: Choices of Technology and Supply. Unpublished PhD Thesis. London: Department of War Studies. King's College, London.

Papers

Service Record

Naval Appointments
 Template:CatNavalAttacheTemplate:CatViceAdmiral
Retrieved from "http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Blake&oldid=53884"