Frederick Parham
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 | Died : 20 / 3 / 1991 |
| Sir Frederick Parham (deceased)
Admiral Sir Frederick Parham, GBE, KCB, DSO, Commander of HMS Belfast during World War 2. Born on 9th January 1901, he studied at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth before becoming a midshipman on HMS Malaya in 1917. Rising to the rank of Commander by 1934, he took command of HMS Shikari in 1937 followed by HMS Gurkha in 1938. Now as a Captain, he took command of HMS Belfast from 1942 to 1944 and finally HMS Vanguard, the last British battleship from 1947 to 1949. He went on to take a number of higher posts in the navy, including Commissioner of the Admiralty, 4th Lord of the Admiralty and Commander in Chief of The Nore before retiring in 1959 as an Admiral. He died 20th March 1991, aged 90. |