Vice-Admiral Rory Alistair Ian McLean, (4 April 1950 – 5 September 2021) was a senior
Royal Navy
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officer.
Naval career
McLean was born in April 1950. He became commanding officer of the
amphibious transport dock
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HMS ''Fearless'' in 1995, Director of Navy Plans at the
Ministry of Defence
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in 1997 and commanding officer of the
aircraft carrier
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HMS ''Invincible'' in 1999. He went on to be
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) in 2001 and
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Health) in 2004 before leaving the Royal Navy in 2007.
He was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the
1991 Birthday Honours
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and a
Companion of the Order of the Bath
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in the
2004 Birthday Honours
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.
McLean died in September 2021.
References
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1950 births
Living people
Royal Navy vice admirals
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Officers of the Order of the British Empire