Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge, KCB, DSO & Bar (1 February 1895 – 29 September 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fifth Sea Lord from 1945 to 1946.
Thomas Hope Troubridge | |
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 Rear Admiral Thomas Troubridge in 1945 | |
| Born | 1 February 1895 Southsea, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 29 September 1949 (aged 54) Hawkley, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1908–1949 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands | Flag Officer, Air (Home) (1946–47) Fifth Sea Lord (1945–46) Task Force 88 (1944) HMS Indomitable (1942) HMS Nelson (1941–42) HMS Furious (1940) HMS Windsor (1933–34) HMS Voyager (1930–31) |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in dispatches (4) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (United States) Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France) |
| Relations | Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge (father) |
Military career
editThe son of Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge and Edith Mary (née Duffus), Troubridge was born in Southsea, Hampshire, on 1 February 1895. He joined the Royal Navy in 1908,[1] and served in the First World War. In 1936 he became naval attaché in Berlin.[2] He also served in the Second World War, initially as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Furious[1] carrying much needed sugar back to Britain in July 1940 and then making a number of air strikes on shipping in Norwegian waters and on the seaplane base at Tromsø through October 1940.[3]
Troubridge was given command of the battleship HMS Nelson in June 1941 and then the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable in January 1942.[4] In 1943, he was appointed Rear Admiral Combined Operations and flag officer commanding overseas assault forces,[1] and in June 1944 he led the invasion and capture of Elba.[5]
After the war Troubridge was appointed Fifth Sea Lord and then, from 1946, Flag Officer, Air (Home).[2] His last appointment was as Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet in 1948.[2]
Family
editTroubridge married Lily Emily Kleinwort in August 1925. They had four children: Their eldest son, Peter, became 6th Troubridge baronet on death of his cousin in 1963.[6] Their fourth child, Thomas, married Marie Christine von Reibnitz (later Princess Michael of Kent) in 1971: the marriage was annulled in 1978.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge Flight International, 6 October 1949
- ^ a b c Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Jenkins, C. A. (1972). HMS Furious/Aircraft Carrier 1917–1948: Part II: 1925–1948. Warship Profile. 24. Windsor: Profile Publications. OCLC 10154565. p. 283.
- ^ "Thomas Hope Troubridge DSO, RN". U Boat.net. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Tomblin, B. (2004). With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, 1942—1945. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813123380. pp. 379–382.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- ^ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 326
