Douglas Fisher (Royal Navy officer)
{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1890–1963)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Douglas Fisher
|birth_date={{birth-date|23 October 1890}}
|death_date={{death-date and age|4 October 1963|23 October 1890}}
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|image=Admiral Douglas Fisher on HMS Duke of York 1942 IWM A 12142.jpg
|caption=Rear Admiral Fisher on the quarterdeck of HMS Duke of York, October 1942
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears=1907–1949
|rank= Admiral
|commands=HMS Warspite
|branch=23px Royal Navy
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|battles=World War I
World War II
|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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}}
Admiral Sir Douglas Blake Fisher {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|KBE}} (23 October 1890 – 4 October 1963) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.
Naval career
Fisher joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1907 and served in World War I.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FISHER2.shtml Sir Douglas Blake Fisher] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He was appointed Captain of the Fleet for the Home Fleet in 1938. He also served in World War II commanding the battleship HMS Warspite from 1940 and then taking part in the Arctic Convoys from 1942 before becoming Rear Admiral, Fleet Train for the British Pacific Fleet in 1944 and then Flag Officer, Western Area, British Pacific Fleet in 1945. After the War he became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport and then retired as a full Admiral in 1949.[http://www.uboat.net/allies/commanders/898.html Sir Douglas Blake Fisher] U-boat.net
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{{succession box | title=Fourth Sea Lord | before=Sir Arthur Palliser| after=Sir Herbert Packer | years=1946–1948}}
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Category:Royal Navy admirals of World War II
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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