THE SENIOR SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1941, Page 10

THE SENIOR SERVICE

NEW ADMIRALS

PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received January 16, 2 p.m.)

RUGBY, January. 15,

The promotion to Admiral of Sir Andrew Cunningham, who commands the Mediterranean Fleet, is announced, together with that of Rear-Admiral Pridham-Whippell, his second in command, who becomes a Vice-Admiral.

Amongst other promotions is that of Vice-Admiral Sir Max Horton, who is in command of the British submarine forces. He becomes an Admiral.

Sir Andrew Cunningham is a man of wide knowledge, and is possessed of fierce energy, power of quick decision, and infinite resource. He holds what is probably a record in the service, as from 1911 to 1914 he was in continuous command of one ship—the destroyer Scorpion. In the last war Sir Andrew Cunningham distinguished

himself in the Gallipoli campaign, and, after the evacuation, commanded a small detached force in the Aegean. The work of the Scorpion became' famous and gained the D.S.O. for its commander. After various appointments he became Admiral Commanding Destroyers in the Mediterranean, and in 1938 Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadrons, becoming Commander-in-Chief about a year later. On the night of November 11----12 last he directed the remarkably successful attack upon the Italian fleet in the harbour at Taranto.

Admiral Horton entered the Royal Navy in 1900 and served throughout the Great War. When in command of a submarine during the last war he torpedoed the cruiser Hela at Heligoland and the cruiser Prinz Adalbert. He also sank three German destroyers, two transports, and several merchant ships. He was promoted Rear-Admiral in 1932 and Vice-Admiral in 1936. From 1937 to 1939 he was Vice-Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet.