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From 8 August to 31 August Ryan was appointed to the [[Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Department]], and from 1 September, 1905, to 12 September, 1907, he served as Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C., in the United States of America.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 339.</ref>
 
From 8 August to 31 August Ryan was appointed to the [[Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Department]], and from 1 September, 1905, to 12 September, 1907, he served as Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C., in the United States of America.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 339.</ref>
  
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He was appointed command of [[H.M.S. Astræa (1893)|''Astræa'']] on 1 January, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 280.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Astræa (1893)|''Astræa'']] in the [[China Station|China Squadron]] on 1 January, 1908.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 339.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed in command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Mars (1896)|''Mars'']], of the Third Division of the Home Fleet, on 31 May, 1910.  ''Mars'' paid off on 1 January, 1912.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 339.</ref>
 
He was appointed in command of the battleship [[H.M.S. Mars (1896)|''Mars'']], of the Third Division of the Home Fleet, on 31 May, 1910.  ''Mars'' paid off on 1 January, 1912.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 339.</ref>

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Admiral Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (6 August, 1865 – 15 February, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Frank Edward Cavendish Ryan was born in India on 6 August, 1865, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. B. Ryan, of the Indian Army. He was educated at Bromsgrove School.

Ryan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1888.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[2]

Captain

Ryan was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1905.[3] On 30 January he was appointed to President for the War Course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[4] He given a Second Class pass.[5] From 15 May to 8 August he was appointed to President for study at the Army's Staff College.[6]

From 8 August to 31 August Ryan was appointed to the Naval Intelligence Department, and from 1 September, 1905, to 12 September, 1907, he served as Naval Attaché at Washington, D.C., in the United States of America.[7]

He was appointed in command of Astræa in the China Squadron on 1 January, 1908.[8]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Mars, of the Third Division of the Home Fleet, on 31 May, 1910. Mars paid off on 1 January, 1912.[9]

He was next appointed in command of the battleship Cornwallis on 5 April, 1912, initially in the Mediterranean and then the Fourth Battle Squadron.[10] Presumably whilst in the Mediterranean he came to the notice of the battleship commander, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, for on 10 January, 1914, Ryan was appointed to H.M.S. Queen as Chief of Staff to Burney, now commanding the Second and Third Fleets of the Home Fleets.[11]

Great War

Ryan was appointed to Research as Commodore-in-Charge at Portland on 5 February, 1915, in succession to Commodore Joseph R. Bridson.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 9 June, 1916, and, in accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 10 June.[12]

Post-War & Retirement

In recognition of his services during the war, on the occasion of the King's birthday Ryan was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) on 3 June, 1919.[13]

He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1920,[14] to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25837. p. 3826. 13 July, 1888.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  4. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  5. ↑ ADM 203/99. f. 3.
  6. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  7. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  8. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  9. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  10. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  11. ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 339.
  12. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
  13. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13459. p. 2066. 5 June, 1919.
  14. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.
  15. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral F. E. C. Ryan" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 17 February, 1945. Issue 50070, col G, pg. 6.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Joseph R. Bridson 		Senior Naval Officer, Portland
1915 – 1916 		Succeeded by
Richard M. Harbord

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