| 词条 | Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer) |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Ralph Edwards | honorific_suffix = | image = Royal Navy Admirals at conference on HMS Liverpool 1952 IWM A 32077.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Rear Admiral Edwards, second from right, at a conference with First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor and other Admirals aboard HMS Liverpool, 1952 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1901|3|31}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1963|2|4|1901|3|31}} | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1914–1958 | rank = Admiral | unit = | commands ={{plainlist|
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}} | relations = }} Admiral Sir Ralph (Alan Bevan) Edwards KCB CBE (31 March 1901 – 4 February 1963) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. Naval careerEdwards joined the Royal Navy in 1914[1] and served in the battlecruiser HMS Tiger in the Grand Fleet during World War I.[2] He also served in World War II as Deputy Director and then as Director of the Operations Division for the Home Fleet.[2] During this time he oversaw the operation to sink the German battleship Bismarck. He then became Chief of Staff for the Eastern Fleet and, from March 1945, was Captain of HMNZS Gambia.[1] After the War he was made Captain of the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Illustrious|87|6}}.[2] He became Assistant Chief of Naval Staff in 1948. In July, 1951, he returned to sea in command of the First Cruiser Squadron and as Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean, hoisting his flag in his old ship the Gambia.[2] From November 1951 he was also Flag Officer, Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet. He then became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1953.[1] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1957.[1] He retired in 1958.[2] FamilyIn 1932 he married Joan Le Fowne Hurt; they had one son and one daughter.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20121223070135/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/EDWARDS3.shtml |date=2012-12-23 }} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | title=Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy | before=Sir Michael Denny | after=Sir Peter Reid | years=1953–1956}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Obituary: Admiral Sir Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards KCB, CBE The Times, 5 February 1963 |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Guy Grantham}}{{s-ttl|title=Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet|years=1957–1958}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Charles Lambe}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Ralph}} 8 : 1901 births|1963 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Lords of the Admiralty|Royal Navy officers of World War I|Royal Navy officers of World War II |
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