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Wilmot Nicholson
Admiral Wilmot Stuart Nicholson CB (18 May 1872 – 9 June 1947) was a Royal Navy officer who became Chief of the Submarine Service.
==Naval career==
Nicholson joined the Royal Navy in 1891. He was serving as a midshipman in the corvette HMS ''Calliope'' when the vessel was the only one present to avoid being sunk or stranded in the tropical cyclone that struck Apia, Samoa in 1889 during the Samoan crisis.〔Lyon, p. 39.〕 Promoted to captain on 30 June 1909,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wilmot Stuart Nicholson )〕 he became commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Exmouth'' in July 1912 and of the battleship HMS ''Dreadnought'' in December 1912.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships )〕
Nicholson served in the First World War becoming commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Hogue'' in August 1914: in the action of 22 September 1914 two torpedoes struck ''Hogue'' while sailing in the Broad Fourteens; within five minutes, Nicholson gave the order to abandon ship, and after 10 minutes she capsized before sinking at 07:15, result in significant loss of life.〔Massie, p. 134〕 After commanding the Harwich Force from 1915 to 1916,〔 he became commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Collingwood'' in December 1916 and of the battlecruiser HMS ''Furious'' in March 1917.〔
After the war Nicholson commanded the aircraft carrier HMS ''Eagle'' during her trials.〔Friedman, p. 79〕 He went on to be commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in May 1921 and Chief of the Submarine Service in September 1923.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senior Royal Navy Appointments )〕
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