William Tennant | |
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![]() Vice Admiral Tennant visiting HMS Colossus, May 1945 | |
Birth name | William George Tennant |
Nickname(s) | "Dunkirk Joe"[1] |
Born | Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England | 2 January 1890
Died | 26 July 1963 Worcester, Worcestershire, England | (aged 73)
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Years of service | 1905–1949 |
Rank | Admiral |
Unit | Force Z |
Commands | HMS Arethusa HMS Repulse America and West Indies Station |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Royal Victorian Order Legion of Merit (United States) |
Other work | Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire |
Admiral Sir William George Tennant KCB CBE MVO DL (2 January 1890 – 26 July 1963) was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when she searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic. He remained in this capacity when the Repulse was sunk by the Japanese along with HMS Prince of Wales in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later aided in the setup of the Mulberry harbours and the Pluto pipelines, a crucial part of the success of Operation Overlord. He died in 1963.
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