Admiral Sir Douglas Blake Fisher (23 October 1890 – 4 October 1963) was a

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

officer who went on to be

Fourth Sea Lord The Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies originally known as the Fourth Naval Lord was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom the post is currently known ...

Naval career

Fisher joined the

as a Midshipman in 1907 and served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

.Sir Douglas Blake Fisher
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He was appointed

Captain of the Fleet In the Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries a captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command. The equivalent post was called fleet captain in the U.S. Navy of the 18th and 19th ...

for the Home Fleet in 1938. He also served in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

commanding the battleship HMS ''Warspite'' from 1940 and then taking part in the

Arctic Convoys The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys ...

from 1942 before becoming Rear Admiral, Fleet Train for the

British Pacific Fleet The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation that saw action against Japan during the Second World War. The fleet was composed of empire naval vessels. The BPF formally came into being on 22 November 1944 from the remaining ships o ...

in 1944 and then Flag Officer, Western Area, British Pacific Fleet in 1945. After the War he became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport and then retired as a full Admiral in 1949.Sir Douglas Blake Fisher
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Douglas 1890 births 1963 deaths Royal Navy admirals of World War II Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Lords of the Admiralty People educated at Stubbington House School