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Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO mit zwei Spangen (* 7. Januar 1883 in Rathmines, County Dublin; † 12. Juni 1963 in London) war britischer Flottenadmiral; 1939–42 und 1943 Oberbefehlshaber der britischen Mittelmeerflotte; 1943–46 First Sea Lord und Chef des Admiralstabs der Marine.
Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO & Two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
27. Apr. 2022 · Admiral of the Fleet The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope KT, GCB, OM, DSO and two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963), was a British admiral of the Second World War. Cunningham was widely known by his nickname, ABC.
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18. Mai 2018 · Entering the navy in 1897 as a cadet, Cunningham spent the First World War as captain of the destroyer Scorpion. The outbreak of the Second World War found him an acting Admiral as commander-in-chief Mediterranean.
Cunningham, Andrew Browne, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), naval officer, was born at 42 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin, on 7 January 1883, the third of the five children of Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909), then a professor of anatomy at Trinity College, Dublin, and his wife, Elizabeth Cumming (d. 1926), daughter of the ...
He retired from the Royal Navy in June 1946, and was created 1st Viscount of Hyndhope. Andrew Cunningham died suddenly following a meeting at the Admiralty on 12th June 1963. He was buried at sea off the Nab Tower, Portsmouth from H.M.S. Hampshire.
Overview. Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham. (1883—1963) naval officer. Quick Reference. (1883–1963) British admiral. At the beginning of World War II he was commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. Here he was faced with an Italian fleet that was numerically superior to his own.
