John Cronin Tovi

Nationality: UK

Place of birth: Rochester, Kent

Date of birth:1885 March 7th.

Death date:19711102.

Occupation: soldier, commander of local fleet

Graduate School: Dunford School.

Major achievements: wartime admiral, medal of distinguished service, Grand Cross of Bath, Lord of the British Empire.

Rank: Admiral of the fleet

John tovey-British Admiral of the fleet joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman at the age of 1900, and studied on the training ship Britannia like most students. 190 1 year, after obtaining the qualification of second lieutenant, he served successively in the flagship battleship "Solemn" of Xia Hai squadron and the flagship cruiser "Ariadne" of North America and West Indian naval station. 1904 July 15, promoted to second lieutenant officer. 1906 was promoted to captain on the same day. 1908 to 19 10, serving on the flagship of China naval station "Alfred the Great". 19 10 From April to June, he studied at the Royal Naval Academy in Osborne. After that, he served on the flagship "Verona" of the second destroyer team of the local fleet until June1912; In the meantime, he briefly served as the vice captain of the "patrol" reconnaissance ship at191. After that, he passed the training of firearms officer and was appointed as the shooting prosecutor of the local fleet cruiser "Amphine" in April 2003. When World War I broke out, Wei Tuo was serving on the HMS cruiser Anfion. Subsequently, he was appointed as the captain of the destroyers "Wolf" and "Onslow". Participated in the naval battle of Jutland, which established the destroyer fleet 13. In the naval battle, with the help of moresby, Torvey commanded the warship to torpedo the German ship Vesbaden, and then attacked the enemy's main fleet with all his strength. After the boiler room of the warship was hit, Wei Tuo seized the last chance and aimed all the fish at the German warship with a laser. The almost irreparable An Xiu was dragged by another injured destroyer, Defender, for 48 hours and returned to Aberdeen Port. Tuowei was immediately awarded the Medal of Excellent Service and was awarded a general commendation. During his tenure as captain of the destroyer, he, james somerville and andrew browne cunningham were all experts in destroyers, and they designed a new method of destroyer sea exercise. The new method not only saves exercise time, but also improves exercise level. In addition, he and Cunningham also established a lifelong friendship. After that, Wei Tuo spent most of his time on destroyers and occasionally served on shore. 19171kloc-0/0 since October, it has successively commanded the destroyers "Bear Constellation" and "Wolfhound".