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David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty, DSC (22 February 1905 – 10 June 1972), styled Viscount Borodale from 1919 to 1936, was a Royal Navy officer and British Conservative Party politician.
David Beatty als Konteradmiral. David Beatty, 1. Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (* 17. Januar 1871 in Stapeley bei Nantwich, Cheshire; † 11. März 1936 in London) war ein Admiral der Royal Navy
Der Titel wurde am 27. September 1919 für Admiral David Beatty geschaffen. Dieser hatte im Ersten Weltkrieg zunächst die britischen Schlachtkreuzer in den Gefechten bei Helgoland (1914) und auf der Doggerbank (1915) sowie in der Skagerrakschlacht (1916) kommandiert. Später wurde er dann Kommandeur der Grand Fleet.
Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer.
17. Okt. 2019 · Beatty, David (1st Earl Beatty) British admiral (commander of the Grand Fleet’s battlecruiser forces from the outset of World War I until his appointment as commander of the Grand Fleet in November 1916)
The Earl Beatty is remembered for his comment during the Battle of Jutland that “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today”, after two of his ships exploded! He later became Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, and received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the First World War.
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (born Jan. 17, 1871, Howbeck Lodge, Stapeley, near Nantwich, Cheshire, Eng.—died March 11, 1936, London) was a British admiral of the fleet, who commanded Britain’s battle cruisers in the Battle of Jutland (1916).
