William Wordsworth Fisher

William Wordsworth Fisher

Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, GCB, GCVO (26 March 1875 – 24 June 1937) was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Arthur Marder wrote that he was "the outstanding admiral of the inter-war period."

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