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[[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Patrick Macnamara''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (11 January, 1886 – 4 April, 1957) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Patrick Macnamara''', K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (11 January, 1886 – 4 April, 1957) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
He was Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Tiger (1913)|H.M.S. ''Tiger'']] from March, 1915 to June, 1919, as well as Executive Officer from 1918 to 1919.
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==Great War==
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On 3 August, 1914, Macnamara was appointed to [[H.M.S. King Edward VII (1905)|H.M.S. ''King Edward VII'']] for War Staff Duties.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 343.</ref>  He was appointed Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Tiger (1913)|H.M.S. ''Tiger'']] on 9 March, 1915.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 398''q''.</ref>  On 30 June, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}},<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 122.</ref> and replaced as Gunnery Officer on 31 August, remaining in ''Tiger'' as Commander.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918).  p. 920.</ref>
  
He invented some fire control aids, such as a time-of-flight watch (presumably, as an aid to spotting) around 1909, deployed perhaps by 1911,<ref>''Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland'', pp. 56, 63.</ref> and was trying to effect a [[Macnamara's Plotter|pneumatic plotter]] so [[Mark IV Dreyer Table|Mark IV Dreyer tables]] could automatically plot range cuts signaled from multiple sources, although on 6 July 1914 this ambitious design was rejected in favour of the humble (even clumsily so) [[Brownrigg Keyboard]].<ref>''Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland'', p. 171.</ref>
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He invented some fire control aids, such as a time-of-flight watch (presumably, as an aid to spotting) around 1909, deployed perhaps by 1911,<ref>Brooks.  pp. 56, 63.</ref> and was trying to effect a [[Macnamara's Plotter|pneumatic plotter]] so [[Mark IV Dreyer Table|Mark IV Dreyer tables]] could automatically plot range cuts signaled from multiple sources, although on 6 July 1914 this ambitious design was rejected in favour of the humble (even clumsily so) [[Brownrigg Keyboard]].<ref>Brooks.  p. 171.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 07:16, 6 December 2011

Rear-Admiral SIR Patrick Macnamara, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (11 January, 1886 – 4 April, 1957) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Great War

On 3 August, 1914, Macnamara was appointed to H.M.S. King Edward VII for War Staff Duties.[1] He was appointed Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Tiger on 9 March, 1915.[2] On 30 June, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of Commander,[3] and replaced as Gunnery Officer on 31 August, remaining in Tiger as Commander.[4]

He invented some fire control aids, such as a time-of-flight watch (presumably, as an aid to spotting) around 1909, deployed perhaps by 1911,[5] and was trying to effect a pneumatic plotter so Mark IV Dreyer tables could automatically plot range cuts signaled from multiple sources, although on 6 July 1914 this ambitious design was rejected in favour of the humble (even clumsily so) Brownrigg Keyboard.[6]

Footnotes

  1. Navy List (December, 1914). p. 343.
  2. Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398q.
  3. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 122.
  4. Navy List (December, 1918). p. 920.
  5. Brooks. pp. 56, 63.
  6. Brooks. p. 171.

Bibliography

Service Record