Sir John Stevens | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1900 |
Death Date: | 10 December 1989 (aged 89) |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Serviceyears: | 1918 – 1956 |
Rank: | Vice Admiral |
Branch: | Royal Navy |
Commands: | HMS Cleopatra Home Fleet Training Squadron Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station |
Battles: | World War I World War II |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB (1 June 1900 – 10 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I.[1] After the War he went to King's College, Cambridge, and then specialised in navigation.[1]
He also served in World War II as captain of HMS Cleopatra from August 1942 to July 1943[2] and then became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946.[1] He was given command of in 1948 and then became Director of Naval Training in 1949.[1] He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Head of British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1950 and Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron, in 1952.[1] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, in 1953. He retired in 1956.[1]