Edouard Gaudin
Engineer Rear-Admiral Edouard Gaudin, R.N. (25 July, 1865 – ) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Gaudin passed qualification as an Interpreter in French in November, 1892.[1] He had previously been sent out to Australia on a French ocean liner to clandestinely gather information on her water tube boilers. As a Jerseyan fluent in French, it was felt that he "could be mistaken for a Frenchman."[2]
Gaudin was appointed to oversee the completion of the destroyer Albatross on 6 July, 1896.[3]
Gaudin was appointed to the armoured cruiser Good Hope on 1 October, 1903.[4]
In 1905-1907, Gaudin was serving in the Naval Intelligence Department.[5][6]
Gaudin was appointed to the Dreadnought on 14 December, 1908.[7]
During a wartime inquiry into boiler problems in Royal Navy ships, Gaudin was asked by the First Lord of the Admiralty, A. J. Balfour, who was responsible for the troubles. Guadin replied: "You are, sir ... When you were Prime Minister, sir, you appointed a committee of people who knew nothing about naval boilers, to investigate."[8]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by George G. Goodwin |
Deputy Engineer-in-Chief 8 Jun, 1917[9] |
Succeeded by Robert B. Dixon |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 432a.
- ↑ Brown. Warrior to Dreadnought. p. 137.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 320.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 352.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 532.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 304.
- ↑ Brown. The Grand Fleet. p. 94.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 871, 1820.
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