词条 | William Warwick |
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| name = William Warwick | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|11|12}} | birth_place = Birkenhead, UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|02|27|1912|11|12}} | death_place = | nationality = British | other_names = | occupation = Merchant sailor | years_active = | known_for = First Master of the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) | children = Ronald Warwick | notable_works = }} Captain William "Bil"[1] Warwick, CBE was a merchant sailor and the Master of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the first person to hold that position. He was born on 12 November 1912 in Birkenhead, England.[2][3] He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 18 September 1967.[4] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971. He died on 27 February 1999.[2] His son, Captain Ronald Warwick, was a master of the QE2 later on in the ships time in Cunard service. ReferencesHe had three sons all of whom spent sometime at sea. 1. ^He spelled "Bil" with one L, "to distinguish him from all the Bills in the world he knew so well" {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, William}}{{UK-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/26/guardianobituaries2|title=Captain of the QE2|last=van der Vat|first=Dan|date=26 March 1999|work=The Guardian|accessdate=30 July 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/commodore-william-warwick-1.301594|title=Commodore William Warwick|last=McGregor|first=Stephen|date=13 March 1999|work=Herald Scotland|accessdate=30 July 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/21a4be57#p009y2k4 |title=Desert Island Discs - Castaway : William Warwick |work=BBC Online |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 July 2014}} 8 : 1912 births|Place of birth missing|1999 deaths|Place of death missing|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Ship captains of the Cunard Line|People from Birkenhead|British Merchant Navy officers |
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