Arthur Wilson (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson VC, GCB, OM, GCVO (4 March 1842 – 25 May 1921) was an English Admiral and briefly First Sea Lord who was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the war in Sudan. An early expert on torpedoes, he twice commanded HMS Vernon, and he was an early proponent of submarines in the Royal Navy.
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