| Sir James Jungius | |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1923 |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1943–1980 |
| Rank: | Vice Admiral |
| Commands: | HMS Wizard HMS Albion |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches |
Vice Admiral Sir James George Jungius KBE DL (15 November 1923 - 14 October 2020) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Jungius was commissioned a sub-lieutenant on 1 February 1943. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II and took part on commando operations in the Adriatic Sea.[1] During the Italian Campaign, he took part in the capture of Termoli in Operation Devon, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.
He was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 1 December 1951, and to commander on 31 December 1955. He took command of the destroyer HMS Wizard during the Suez Crisis in 1956.[2] Promoted to captain on 30 June 1963, he was appointed Assistant Naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1968 and Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Albion in 1971.[3]
Jungius was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1972 and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Requirements) the same year.[1] He was promoted to vice-admiral on 8 September 1974, and was appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from January 1975. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1977 New Year Honours, and was appointed the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe in 1978.[1] He retired on 21 April 1980.
In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall.[1]
He died on 14 October 2020 at the age of 96.[4]
In 1949, he married Rosemary Frances Turquand Matthey: they have three sons.[1] Lady Jungius died in 2005.[5]