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Wilfrid Patterson
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Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB CVO CBE (20 November 1893 – 15 December 1954) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.
Quotes
The ways of destroying a ship are developing far faster than the methods of protection.
"The Shape of Things to Come", 28 February 1945, ADM 205/51. Quoted in Michael Simpson, A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth Century Naval Leader (London: Routledge, 2004) ch. 15
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Category:1893 births
Category:1954 deaths
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire