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  • Frederic Charles Dreyer
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  • Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, GBE, KCB (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as Jellicoe's flag captain at Jutland. He retired with the rank of Admiral in 1943, having served through two world wars and having already retired once.
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serviceyears
  • 1891
Birth Date
  • 1878-01-08
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death place
  • Winchester
Name
  • Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer
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  • Dreyer as a Rear-Admiral, circa 1923-1929
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death date
  • 1956-12-11
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Years
  • 1927
  • 1930
  • 1933
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Relations
  • Major-General John Tuthill Dreyer
  • Vice-Admiral Sir Desmond Parry Dreyer
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  • Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, GBE, KCB (8 January 1878 – 11 December 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as Jellicoe's flag captain at Jutland. He retired with the rank of Admiral in 1943, having served through two world wars and having already retired once. Frederic Dreyer was born on 8 January 1878 in the Irish town of Parsonstown (now Birr) in King's County (now County Offaly), the second son of the Danish-born astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer who was director of the Armagh Observatory. Educated at The Royal School, Armagh, in 1891 Dreyer joined the Royal Navy and entered the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
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