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Admiral of the Fleet Lord Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser of North Cape, G.C.B., K.B.E., Royal Navy (5 February, 1888 – 12 February, 1981) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1908.
Great War
Fraser was appointed to the second class protected cruiser Minerva as her gunnery lieutenant for the Test Mobilisation. On 1 August, he was re-appointed in her.
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1916. He remained with Minerva until being sent back to England on 8 April, 1916. He first was appointed to Excellent, additional, and then on 15 June to Victory, to become gunnery officer in the new Revenge Class battleship Resolution upon her commissioning and being lent to Princess Royal for some short period prior to her Resolution becoming ready.
Interbellum
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1919.
Fraser remained in Resolution until 19 April, 1920, having become her executive officer on 5 November, 1919.
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1926.
He was appointed temporarily in command of the new light cruiser Leander on 25 November, 1932 to oversee her pre-commissioning trials. He was superseded by Robert Ross Turner on 21 December, 1932.
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 January, 1938. On 2 May, he was appointed to Warspite, additional, as Chief of Staff to Admiral Pound, vice Edward-Collins. He was superseded on 6 February, 1939.
World War II
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 8 May, 1940.
Fraser was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet in May of 1943. In this appointment on 26 December 1943, he commanded a surface force that destroyed the German battleship Scharnhorst at the Battle of the North Cape.
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 7 February, 1944.
Post-War
Fraser was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet on 7 February, 1948.
See Also
- Service Records
- Wikipedia
- "Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 13 February, 1981. Issue 60851, col F, pg. 16.
- Humble, Richard (1983). Fraser of North Cape. London: Routledge.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Cuthbert Coppinger |
Captain of H.M.S. Effingham 6 Sep, 1929 – 8 Aug, 1932 |
Succeeded by Cecil B. Prickett |
| Preceded by Julian F. C. Patterson |
Director of Naval Ordnance 12 Aug, 1933 – 20 Apr, 1936 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Henry C. Rawlings |
Captain of H.M.S. Glorious 22 May, 1936 – 7 Dec, 1937 |
Succeeded by Arthur L. St. G. Lyster |
| Preceded by Sir Reginald G. H. Henderson |
Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy 1 Mar, 1939 – 22 May, 1942 |
Succeeded by William F. Wake-Walker |
| Preceded by Alban T. B. Curteis |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Second Battle Squadron 28 Jun, 1942 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Sir John H. D. Cunningham |
First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Sep, 1948[1] – Dec, 1951[2] |
Succeeded by Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
