Henry Harwood

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Royal Navy officer admiral human

Henry Harwood was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading the successful pursuit and engagement of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during World War II.

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Henry Harwood canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1888-01-19 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
commanded HMS Ajax ⓘ
South American Division of the Royal Navy ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1950-06-09 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
education Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
engagement Pursuit and engagement of Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
familyName Harwood ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
Rear Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
notableAchievement Commanded British forces against Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
notableWork Battle of the River Plate ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1945 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1903 ⓘ

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Battle of the River Plate → commander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
Mediterranean Fleet → notableCommander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
La batalla del Río de la Plata → commander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
subject surface form: Batalla del Río de la Plata
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → commander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet → notableCommander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
River Plate 1939 → BritishCommander → Henry Harwood ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the River Plate
South Atlantic Station → supportedCommander → Henry Harwood ⓘ