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Revision as of 10:23, 31 December 2016

Admiral SIR Charles Gordon Ramsey, K.C.B., (4 December, 1882 – 1966) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1904.[1]

Ramsey was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 11 on 28 July, 1908.[2] In 1910, his command Success suffered a grounding at Row, but his Captain (D) determined that Ramsey had anchored properly and had done nothing wrong, ably refloating her.[3]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1912.[4]

Ramsey was appointed in command of the destroyer Manly on 6 November, 1914.[5] On 5 July, 1915, she was grounded. It was determined that Ramsey should have reduced speed upon a mist forming.[6]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[7]

Ramsey commanded the destroyer Acheron at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Ramsey was in command of the Pasley on 22 August, 1916 when she rammed and sank the British submarine G 9 in error.

On 3 October, 1917, Ramsey was appointed in command of the destroyer Vendetta.[9] He would be her captain through the end of the war. On 11 February, 1918, Ramsey was prosecuted by a Court Martial on charges that he did negligently or by default strand Vendetta. One of three charges was proved and Ramsey was reprimanded.[10]

Post-War

He was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Vampire on 7 July, 1919.[11]

In August 1921, the United States Shipping Board expressed its satisfaction at Ramey's offer of assistance to S.S. Bellemina (?).[12]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1922.[13]

On 4 December, 1931, he was appointed in command of the battleship Royal Oak.

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 March, 1934.[14]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 January, 1938.[15]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 6 April, 1942 and superseded as Commander in Chief, Rosyth by Wilbraham T. R. Ford in mid-April, 1942.[16] However, Ford immediately took ill, requiring Ramsey to return to duty for a short time. On 1 June, 1942, Ford relieved Ramsey for the second and final time.[17]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September, 1942.[18]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M. T.B. 11
28 Jul, 1908[19][20] – 15 Jun, 1910[21]
Succeeded by
Christopher J. F. Eddis
Preceded by
Benjamin W. Barrow
Captain of H.M.S. Success
15 Jun, 1910[22] – 6 Feb, 1912[23]
Succeeded by
Henry V. Hudson
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Fury
6 Feb, 1912[24] – 23 Aug, 1912[25]
Succeeded by
Claude L. Cumberlege
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Manly
6 Nov, 1914[26][27] – 3 Feb, 1916[28]
Succeeded by
Ernest W. Kirkby
Preceded by
Brien M. Money
Captain of H.M.S. Acheron
3 Feb, 1916[29] – Jul, 1916[30]
Succeeded by
Robert L. Burnett
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Pasley
Jul, 1916[31][32] – Sep, 1917[33]
Succeeded by
Walter O. H. Lambert
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Vendetta
3 Oct, 1917[34][35] – 7 Jul, 1919[36]
Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Preceded by
Claud F. Allsup
Captain of H.M.S. Vampire
7 Jul, 1919[37][38] – 4 May, 1921[39]
Succeeded by
George H. Knowles
Preceded by
Cosmo M. Graham
Captain of H.M.S. Valhalla
4 May, 1921[40] – 25 Apr, 1922[41]
Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Preceded by
Eric G. Robinson
Captain of H.M.S. Spenser
15 Jan, 1925[42] – May, 1925[43]
Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
Dashwood F. Moir
Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla
15 Jan, 1925[44] – Jan, 1927[45]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Keppel
May, 1925[46] – Jan, 1927[47]
Succeeded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Preceded by
Berwick Curtis
Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Impregnable
30 Jun, 1927[48] – 22 Apr, 1929[49]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry G. Thursfield
Captain of H.M.S. Royal Oak
4 Dec, 1931[50] – 26 Apr, 1934[51]
Succeeded by
Allan T. G. C. Peachey
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland
3 Aug, 1939[52] – 15 Apr, 1942[53]
Succeeded by
Wilbraham T. R. Ford
Preceded by
Wilbraham T. R. Ford
as Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland
Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
4 May, 1942[54] – 1 Jun, 1942[55]
Succeeded by
Sir Wilbraham T. R. Ford

Footnotes

  1. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  3. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  4. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 354.
  6. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  7. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p.924.
  10. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  12. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  13. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  14. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  15. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  16. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  17. Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  18. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  20. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  21. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  22. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  23. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  24. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  25. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395s.
  27. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  28. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  29. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  30. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  31. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396j.
  32. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  33. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 924.
  35. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  36. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  37. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  38. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  39. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  40. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  41. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  42. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  43. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  44. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  45. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  46. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  47. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  48. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  49. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  50. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  51. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  52. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  53. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  54. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  55. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.

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