Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1989 Role Royal Navy officer Rank Vice admiral | Name John Stevens Service/branch Royal Navy Years of service 1918 - 1956 | |
Commands held HMS Cleopatra
HMS Implacable
Home Fleet Training Squadron
Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath | ||
Battles and wars World War I, World War II Education King's College, Cambridge | ||
Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB (1 June 1900 – 10 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
Naval career
Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I. After the War he went to King's College, Cambridge and then specialised in navigation.
He also served in World War II as captain of HMS Cleopatra from August 1942 to July 1943 and then became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946. He was given command of HMS Implacable in 1948 and then became Director of Naval Training in 1949. He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Head of British Joint Services Mission to Washington D. C. in 1950 and Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron in 1952. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic in 1953. He retired in 1956.