| 词条 | Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name=Sir Geoffrey Blake |birth_date={{birth date|1882|09|16|df=yes}} |death_date={{death date and age|1968|07|18|1882|09|16|df=yes}} |birth_place=Alverstoke, Hampshire, England |death_place= Chelsea, London, England |image=The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8486.jpg |caption=Sir Geoffrey Blake |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears=1897–1945 |rank= Vice Admiral |branch= Royal Navy |commands={{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|6}} New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy Battlecruiser Squadron |unit= |battles=World War I World War II |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |laterwork= }} Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, KCB, DSO (16 September 1882 – 18 July 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord. Naval careerBlake was born at Alverstoke in Hampshire, the son of Thomas Blake and Fanny Leatry.[1] As a boy, he attended Winchester College before entering the Royal Navy in 1897.[2] He served in World War I and at the Battle of Jutland, Blake served as gunnery commander aboard HMS Iron Duke.[2] In 1919, he was appointed naval attaché in Washington D. C., a position he held until 1921.[2] He was given command of {{HMS|Queen Elizabeth|1913|6}} in 1921 and then became Deputy Director of the Royal Navy Staff College in 1925 going on to be Director of the College in 1926.[2] He was appointed Chief of the Naval Staff for the Atlantic Fleet in 1927 and First Member of the New Zealand Naval Board and Commodore commanding the New Zealand Division in 1929.[2] He became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1932 and Vice Admiral commanding the Battlecruiser Squadron and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet with his flag in {{HMS|Hood|51|6}} in 1936.[2] He convened the first inquiry into the sinking of HMS Hood in 1941; the conduct of the inquiry was criticised as no record of witnesses' testimony was kept. A second inquiry was held which came to the same conclusion although subsequently other theories have been advanced, see HMS Hood. He also served in World War II as an Additional Assistant Chief of Naval Staff from 1940 and as Flag Officer, Liaison to the United States Navy in Europe from 1942 to 1945.[2] In retirement he became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.[3] FamilyIn 1911 he married Jean St. John Carr; they had two daughters,[4] one of whom married the historian John Ehrman. References1. ^Entry in the New Zealand Dictionary of National Biography {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand Division|before=George Swabey|after=Fischer Watson|years=1929–1932}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945 4. ^Brief Biography of Geoffrey Blake by the HMS Hood Association |-{{succession box | title=Fourth Sea Lord | before=Sir Lionel Preston| after=Sir Percy Noble | years=1932–1935}} |-{{Succession box| title=Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron | before=Sir Sidney Bailey | after=Sir Andrew Cunningham| years=1936–1937}}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef|before=Sir William Mitchell}}{{s-ttl|title=Black Rod | years=1945–1949}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Brian Horrocks}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Geoffrey}} 11 : Royal Navy admirals of World War II|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Royal Navy admirals|People educated at Winchester College|Royal Navy officers of World War I|Lords of the Admiralty|Gentlemen Ushers of the Black Rod|1882 births|1968 deaths|Admiralty personnel of World War II |
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