Vice-Admiral Herbert Arthur Buchanan-Wollaston, CMG (13 October 1878 – 24 March 1975) was a

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officer. As captain of HMS ''Calypso'', he oversaw the rescue of the Greek royal family from

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in 1922.

References

* http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Herbert_Arthur_Buchanan-Wollaston * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-161146 1878 births 1975 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals Royal Navy admirals of World War I Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-mil-bio-stub