Gordon Moore (Royal Navy officer)

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For the co-founder of Intel Corp., see Gordon Moore. For the Minnesota judge, see Gordon Moore (judge). For the British philosopher, see G. E. Moore.
Sir Gordon Moore
File:Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore in 1916.jpg
Moore in 1916
Born (1862-02-02)2 February 1862
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Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1875–1919
Rank Admiral
Commands held 9th Cruiser Squadron (1915–16)
2nd Battlecruiser Squadron (1915)
1st Cruiser Squadron (1914–15)
7th Cruiser Squadron (1913)
HMS Dreadnought (1908–09)
HMS Euryalus (1906–07)
HMS Royal Arthur (1905–06)
HMS Ariadne (1904–05)
Battles/wars Anglo-Egyptian War
First World War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, KCB, CVO, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (2 February 1862 – 2 April 1934) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Sea Lord from 1912 to 1914.

Naval career

Moore joined the Royal Navy in 1875 and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.[1] He was promoted to Captain 17 July 1901,[2] and later Rear-Admiral. He was appointed Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1907 and Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes in 1909.[1] He went on to be Third Sea Lord in 1912.[1] He served in the First World War, commanding the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron from 1914.[1]

As Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty's second-in-command at the Battle of Dogger Bank, Moore led the sinking of SMS Blücher in January 1915.[3] Heavily criticized for allowing the seriously-damaged SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger to escape together with the undamaged SMS Moltke, he was "quietly removed from the Grand Fleet and assigned to command (the 9th Cruiser Squadron) in the Canary Islands where the possibility of any appearance by German surface ships was remote".[4]

In 1917, Moore went on to be Controller of the Mechanical Warfare Department.[1] He retired in 1919.[1]

References

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  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27335. p. . 19 July 1901.
  3. ↑ World War One By Priscilla Mary Roberts, p.585
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Military offices
Preceded by Third Sea Lord
1912–1914		 Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Tudor

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