Angus Topshee
{{Short description|Royal Canadian Navy officer}}
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| name = Angus Topshee
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| caption = Topshee in 2024
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| birth_date = 31 May 1971{{cite web |title=Biographical Data |url=https://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Biolist3.php?&name=Topshee,%20Angus%20Ian&id=36600&Page=3&input=1 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.nauticapedia.ca}}
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| allegiance = Canada
| branch = Royal Canadian Navy{{efn|Known as Canadian Forces Maritime Command until 2011}}
| serviceyears = 1990–present
| rank = Vice-Admiral
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| commands = Royal Canadian Navy
Maritime Forces Pacific
CFB Halifax
HMCS Algonquin
| battles = War in Afghanistan
| awards = Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Canadian Forces' Decoration
Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
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Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100|sep=,|CMM|MSM|CD}} is a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He has served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy since 30 May 2022.
Naval career
Topshee joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1994. He was given command of a destroyer, {{HMCS|Algonquin|DDG 283|6}}, in July 2009 and was then deployed to Afghanistan as Director of Afghan National Police Training Operations in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/the-command-team/ |title=Command Team|publisher=Lookout Navy News|access-date=31 May 2022}}
He went on to be Director of Operations for Exercise RIMPAC in 2012, commander of CFB Halifax in late 2012 and deputy director of the Strategy, Policy and Plans Directorate at North American Aerospace Defense Command in 2015. He became commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific in July 2018, commander of Maritime Forces Pacific in May 2021 and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in May 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2022/05/royal-canadian-navy-welcomes-new-commander0.html|title=Royal Canadian Navy welcomes new Commander|date=30 May 2022 |publisher=National Defence| access-date=31 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://navalinstitute.com.au/new-canadian-service-chiefs/|title=New Canadian service chiefs|publisher=Australian Naval Institute| access-date=31 May 2022}}
Topshee was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on 19 December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/139-1032|title=Meritorious Service Decorations List|date=11 June 2014|publisher=The Governor General of Canada}} He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Military Merit on 12 October 2017, and he was made a Commander on 23 September 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/150-4939 | title=Order of Military Merit List | publisher=The Governor General of Canada}}
Awards and decorations
Topshee's personal awards and decorations include the following:
100px25pxFile:Special Service Medal Ribbon.pngFile:CPSM Ribbon.png
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|Ribbon | Description | Notes |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-leaf|ribbon=Order_of_Military_Merit_(Canada)_ribbon_(CMM).jpg|width=80}} | Order of Military Merit (CMM) | *Appointed Commander (CMM) on 12 May 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/list-appointees-attending-investiture-ceremony-order-military-merit-may-12-2023|title=Order of Military Merit List|date=23 May 2023 |publisher=The Governor General of Canada}} |
| 80px | Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) | *Decoration awarded on 19 December 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/139-1032|title=Meritorious Service Decorations List|publisher=The Governor General of Canada}}
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| 80px20px | General Campaign Star | * South West Asia Ribbon
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| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-leaf|ribbon=Special_Service_Medal_Ribbon.png|width=80}} | Special Service Medal | *with NATO-OTAN Clasp |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-leaf|ribbon=CPSM_Ribbon.png|width=80}} | Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal | |
| 80px | NATO Medal | *with Non Article 5 Clasp |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-|ribbon=CD-ribbon_and_2_bars.png|width=80}} | Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD) | *with two Clasp for 32 years of services |
| 80px | Legion of Merit | *Decoration awarded on 29 Jun 2019 {{cite web|url=https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2019/2019-06-29/html/gh-rg-eng.html#hl3|title=Canada Gazette |date=29 June 2019 |publisher=The Government of Canada}}
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80px CDS Commendation
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Category:Commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy