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Ramsey was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 15 January, 1938.<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>
Ramsey was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 15 January, 1938.<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>


Ramsey was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 6 April, 1942 and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September, 1942.<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>
Ramsey was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 6 April, 1942 and superseded as [[Coast of Scotland Station|Commander in Chief, Rosyth]] by [[Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|Wilbraham T. R. Ford]] in mid-April, 1942.<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>  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.<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>
 
He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September, 1942.<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 16:08, 14 May 2015

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, 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]

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.

Post-War

He was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Vampire on 7 July, 1919.[10]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1922.[11]

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.[12]

Ramsey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 January, 1938.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 September, 1942.[16]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 11
28 Jul, 1908[17][18] – 15 Jun, 1910[19] 		Succeeded by
Christopher J. F. Eddis
Preceded by
The Hon. Hubert G. Brand 		Captain of H.M.S. Success
15 Jun, 1910[20] – 6 Feb, 1912[21] 		Succeeded by
Reginald B. C. Hutchinson
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Fury
6 Feb, 1912[22] – 23 Aug, 1912[23] 		Succeeded by
Claude L. Cumberlege
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Manly
6 Nov, 1914[24][25] – 3 Feb, 1916[26] 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Kirkby
Preceded by
Brien M. Money 		Captain of H.M.S. Acheron
3 Feb, 1916[27] – Jul, 1916[28] 		Succeeded by
John B. Spurgin
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Pasley
Jul, 1916[29][30] – Sep, 1917[31] 		Succeeded by
Walter O. H. Lambert
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Vendetta
3 Oct, 1917[32][33] – 7 Jul, 1919[34] 		Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Preceded by
Harry R. Godfrey 		Captain of H.M.S. Vampire
7 Jul, 1919[35][36] – 4 May, 1921[37] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cosmo M. Graham 		Captain of H.M.S. Valhalla
4 May, 1921[38] – 25 Apr, 1922[39] 		Succeeded by
John G. Crace
Preceded by
Humphrey T. Walwyn 		Captain of H.M.S. Spenser
15 Jan, 1925[40] – May, 1925[41] 		Succeeded by
Leonard S. Holbrook
Preceded by
Harold E. Sulivan 		Captain (D), Third Destroyer Flotilla
15 Jan, 1925[42] – Jan, 1927[43] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Keppel
May, 1925[44] – Jan, 1927[45] 		Succeeded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Preceded by
Gordon Campbell 		Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Impregnable
30 Jun, 1927[46] – 22 Apr, 1929[47] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry G. Thursfield 		Captain of H.M.S. Royal Oak
4 Dec, 1931[48] – 26 Apr, 1934[49] 		Succeeded by
Thomas B. Drew
Preceded by
Evelyn C. O. Thomson 		Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland Station
3 Aug, 1939[50] – 15 Apr, 1942[51] 		Succeeded by
Wilbraham T. R. Ford
Preceded by
Wilbraham T. R. Ford 		Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland Station
4 May, 1942[52] – 1 Jun, 1942[53] 		Succeeded by
?

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  11. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  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. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  16. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  18. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  19. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  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. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395s.
  25. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  26. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  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. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396j.
  30. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  31. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 924.
  33. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  34. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  36. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  37. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  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.

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