Vice-Admiral Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke,

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(15 December 1892 – 9 October 1972) was a

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officer.

Naval career

Rushbrooke served in the

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as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Argus'' from August 1940 and of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Eagle'' from April 1941. On the early afternoon of 11 August, 1942 ''Eagle'' was hit by four torpedoes from the , commanded by Helmut Rosenbaum, and sank within four minutes, south of Cape Salinas. 131 officers and men, mainly from the ship's machinery spaces, were lost in the sinking. Rushbrooke survived and went on to be Director of Naval Intelligence in November 1942.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rushbrooke, Edmund 1892 births 1972 deaths Royal Navy admirals Directors of Naval Intelligence Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Admiralty personnel of World War II