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Vice Admiral Robert Don Oliver CB CBE DSC DL (17 March 1895 – 6 October 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who was appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. ==Naval career== Oliver served in World War I taking part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914, fighting at Gallipoli in 1915 and then undertaking mine-laying off the German and Belgian coast.〔(National Maritime Museum )〕 Promoted to Captain, he was given command of HMS ''Iron Duke'' in 1939.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He also served in World War II and was commanding the HMS ''Devonshire'',〔(HMS Devonshire at www.uboat.net )〕 a heavy cruiser, on 21 November 1941 when he was informed that codebreakers had determined that German U-boats were going to be surfacing near him, to refuel from a merchant raider, the Hilfskreuzer (cruiser) ''Atlantis''. Using the intelligence, ''Devonshire'' sunk ''Atlantis''.〔(Churchill Society )〕 He later commanded the gunnery school HMS ''Excellent'' and then the cruiser .〔 After the War he was appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) and then Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in 1946.〔 His last appointment, in 1947, was as Flag Officer commanding the 5th Cruiser Squadron before he retired in 1948.〔 In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburghshire.〔(Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Don Oliver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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