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Edmund Rushbrooke
Royal Navy Vice Admiral (1892–1972)
Vice-Admiral Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke, CBE, DSC (15 December 1892 – 9 October 1972) was a Royal Navy officer.
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Born | 15 December 1892 |
Died | 9 October 1972 (1972-10-10) (aged 79) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Vice admiral |
Commands held | HMS Argus HMS Eagle |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross |
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Rushbrooke served in the Second World War as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Argus from August 1940 and of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle from April 1941.[1] On the early afternoon of 11 August, 1942 Eagle was hit by four torpedoes from the German submarine U-73, commanded by Helmut Rosenbaum, and sank within four minutes, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Cape Salinas. 131 officers and men, mainly from the ship's machinery spaces, were lost in the sinking.[2] Rushbrooke survived and went on to be Director of Naval Intelligence in November 1942.[3]
- "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- Smith, p. 189
- "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- Smith, Peter C. (1995). Eagle's War: War Diary of an Aircraft Carrier. Bristol, UK: Crécy Books. ISBN 0-947554-60-2.
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Preceded by | Director of Naval Intelligence 1942–1946 |
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