John Saumarez Dumaresq Military person

Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB, CVO (/dʉˈmɛərɨk/ duu-MAIR-ik; 26 October 1873 – 22 July 1922) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He served during World War I but is most remembered as an inventor, for development of the device named after him, the Dumaresq, which helped users calculate the rate at which the range to an enemy ship was changing over time. He was the first Australian born officer to command the Royal Australian Navy.

Personal facts

John Saumarez Dumaresq
Birth dateOctober 26, 1873
Birth place
Sydney , Australia
Date of deathJuly 22, 1922
Place of death
Manila

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Royal Victorian Order
military operations
Battle of Jutland
Naval warfare of World War I
World War I
Action of 4 May 1917
Third Battle of Heligoland Bight
military command
(1913)
(February 1917)
Commodore commanding Australian fleet (22 March 1919)
service start1886
service end1922

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External resources

  1. http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/John_Saumarez_Dumaresq
  2. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080385b.htm
  3. http://www.gwpda.org/naval/jsdumbio.htm