| 词条 | Robert Burnett |
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|name= Sir Robert Burnett |image= Rear Admiral Sir Robert L Burnett, November 1942 TR416.jpg |image_size= 300px |alt= |caption= Rear Admiral Robert Burnett sitting at his desk on board {{HMS|Tyne|F24|6}} |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1887|07|22|df=yes}} |birth_place= Old Deer, Buchan, Aberdeenshire |death_date= {{death date and age|1959|07|02|1887|07|22|df=yes}} |death_place= 116 Pall Mall, Westminster, London |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1902–1950 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands= Plymouth Command (1947–50) South Atlantic Station (1944–46) 10th Cruiser Squadron (1943) Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (1942) Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham (1939–40) HMS Amphion (1935–39) {{HMS|Curacoa|D41|6}} (1933) 8th Destroyer Flotilla (1931–33) {{HMS|Keppel|D84|6}} (1931–33) HMS Wallflower (1925–27) |battles= First World War
|awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (USSR) Order of George I (Greece) Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Robert Lindsay Burnett, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GBE|KCB|DSO|CStJ}} (22 July 1887 – 2 July 1959) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Naval careerEducated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy and Bedford School, Burnett joined the Royal Navy in 1902.[1][2] He served on the China Station from 1904 and then with the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets from 1908.[2] He became an instructor at the Navy Physical Training Schools in 1911.[2] Burnett served in the First World War and saw action at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and served in destroyers in the Grand Fleet.[1][2] He was promoted to lieutenant commander in April 1918, commander in December 1923 and captain in December 1930.[3] In 1933 Burnett was made Director of Physical Training and Sports.[2] He was promoted rear admiral in January 1941, appointed flag officer of minelayers and from March 1942 flag officer of the Destroyer Flotillas of the Home Fleet.[2] From January 1943 he was flag officer of the 10th Cruiser Squadron and was promoted to vice admiral in that role on 9 December 1943. Flying his flag in {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}}, he saw action in the North Sea and in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway in convoy escort duty, particularly on 26 December at the Battle of North Cape, where he played a major role in the sinking of the {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst}}[1] (in most accounts of the battle he is described as a rear admiral). He was Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station from 1944.[2] He became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1947 and retired from active service in May 1950.[2] He then served as the first director of the White Fish Authority, from its foundation in 1951 until his retirement in November 1954. FamilyIn 1915 Burnett married Ethel Constance Shaw; they had no children.[1] He was the younger brother of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett. References1. ^1 2 3 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^Robert Burnett External links{{Commons category|Admiral Sir Robert Burnett}}
|-{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth | years=1947–1950 | before=Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell| after=Sir Rhoderick McGrigor}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnett, Robert}} 12 : 1887 births|1959 deaths|People educated at Bedford School|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Commanders of the Order of St John|People from Banff and Buchan|People educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy|Royal Navy admirals of World War II|Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class |
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