Admiral Sir Claud Barrington Barry KBE

Order of the British Empire

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 CB

Order of the Bath

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 DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 (17 July 1891 – 27 December 1951) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who became Naval Secretary

Naval Secretary

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.

Naval service

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborn

Osborne House

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 and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Britannia Royal Naval College

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, Barry joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1904 and served in World War I

World War I

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 in the Submarine Service commanding various submarines including HMS C20

HMS C20

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, HMS C21

HMS C21

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, HMS D6

HMS D6

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 and HMS R12

HMS R12

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. After the War he served with the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

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 and was then given command of HMS K22

HMS K13

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 followed by HMS K26

HMS K26

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 before being appointed Chief of Staff to the Admiral, Submarines in 1934.

He also served in World War II

World War II

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 as Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord

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 and as Captain of the battleship

Battleship

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 HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)

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 before becoming Admiral, Submarines in 1942. After the War he became Naval Secretary

Naval Secretary

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and then Director of Dockyards.