Raymond Hawkins Explained

Sir Raymond Hawkins
Birth Date:21 December 1909
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Vice admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir Raymond Shayle Hawkins KCB (21 December 1909 – 18 October 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.

Naval career

Born on 21 December 1909 and educated at Bedford School, Raymond Hawkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927, serving aboard in 1932 and aboard in 1933.[1] He served with Submarines between 1935 and 1943, and was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1940. He served aboard in 1943, as assistant naval attaché in Paris in 1954, and as commanding officer of HMS St Vincent in 1957. He was appointed director of marine engineering in 1961[2] and Fourth Sea Lord and Vice Controller of the Navy in 1963.[3] Promoted to vice admiral, his job title changed to Chief of Naval Supplies and Transport and Vice-Controller of the Navy in 1964.[4] He retired in 1967.[5]

In retirement, Sir Raymond Hawkins was appointed director of engineering for English Electric Diesels. He died on 18 October 1987.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Raymond Shayle Hawkins. Who's Who. 13 July 2014.
  2. Whitaker's Almanack 1962
  3. Whitaker's Almanack 1964
  4. Whitaker's Almanack 1965
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 1968
  6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4913748 Production Engineer