Ragnar Musgrave Colvin

Admiral SIR Ragnar Musgrave Colvin, K.B.E., C.B., R.N. (7 May, 1882 – 22 February, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Colvin was born in the India Office, Whitehall, the son of Cleveland Sneyd Colvin, civil servant.

Colvin passed out of Britannia in December, 1897 ranked nineteenth of the sixty-four cadets who passed out, with 1630 marks.

Colvin was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January, 1902.

Colvin was promoted to Commander with seniority of 30 June, 1913.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December 1917.

Post-War

On 27 June, 1919, he was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) for "valuable services as Assistant Director, Plans Division."

In August 1919, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Caradoc.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 August, 1929.

Colvin was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 March, 1934.

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 May, 1939.

Colvin died on 22 February, 1954 of a cerebral thrombosis.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 24 February, 1954. Issue 52864, col D, p. 10.
• Colvin, Admiral Sir Ragnar (1992). Memoirs of Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin. Wintershill, Durley: Unknown Publisher.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/142.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/125.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/90.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/47.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by A. Dudley P. R. Pound	Assistant Director of Plans Jan, 1918 – 7 Aug, 1919	Succeeded by Alfred F. B. Carpenter
Preceded by William M. Kerr	Captain of H.M.S. Caradoc 7 Aug, 1919 – after Dec, 1920	Succeeded by Guy P. Bigg-Wither
Preceded by John P. R. Marriott as Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Tokyo	Royal Navy Naval Attaché for Japan and China 10 Mar, 1922 – 10 Apr, 1924	Succeeded by Montague G. B. Legge as Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Tokyo
Preceded by Gilbert O. Stephenson	Captain of H.M.S. Revenge 31 Jul, 1924 – 26 Jul, 1926	Succeeded by Dudley B. N. North
Preceded by Geoffrey Blake	Chief of Staff to C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet 26 May, 1930	Succeeded by Dudley Burton Napier North
Preceded by Wilfred F. French	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Battle Squadron 15 Dec, 1932 – 12 Dec, 1933	Succeeded by Alban T. B. Curteis as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Second Battle Squadron
Preceded by Barry Edward Domvile	President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 8 Aug, 1934 – 20 Feb, 1937	Succeeded by Sidney R. Bailey
Preceded by George P. Thomson	First Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board 11 Sep, 1937 – 5 Feb, 1942	Succeeded by Sir Guy C. C. Royle