Jacky Fisher

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Jacky Fisher was a prominent British Admiral of the Fleet who played a key role in modernizing the Royal Navy in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Admiral of the Fleet
First Sea Lord
Royal Navy officer
human
awardReceived Order of Merit
Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Bath
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
describedBySource British naval history texts
World War I naval histories
employer Royal Navy
familyName Fisher
fieldOfWork naval administration
naval warfare
givenName John
honorificPrefix Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
surface form: Admiral of the Fleet

Sir
influenced Royal Navy doctrine
surface form: Royal Navy strategy before World War I

design of HMS Dreadnought
knownFor advocacy of all-big-gun battleships
development of battlecruisers
modernization of the Royal Navy
naval reforms in early 20th century
memberOf Royal Navy
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryConflict Crimean War
Opium Wars
surface form: Second Opium War

World War I
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
surface form: Admiral of the Fleet
nativeLanguage English
nickname Jackie
surface form: Jacky
notableIdea scrap the lot and build new
notableWork implementation of Dreadnought-era fleet policies
occupation military leader
naval officer
partOf British military history
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
First Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
workLocation Admiralty, Whitehall
surface form: Admiralty, London

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Lord Fisher alsoKnownAs Jacky Fisher