James Rivett-Carnac (Royal Navy officer)

James Rivett-Carnac
James Rivett-Carnac
	Rivett-Carnac (left) on board HMS Rodney, April 1943
Born	12 February 1891
Died	9 October 1970 (aged 79)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1910–1947
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands	HMS Rodney; Quartermaster (British Pacific Fleet); New Zealand Division
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Cross; Mentioned in despatches

Vice-Admiral James William Rivett-Carnac CB CBE DSC DL (12 February 1891 – 9 October 1970) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commodore commanding the New Zealand Division.

Naval career

Born the younger son of Rev. Sir Clennel George Rivett-Carnac, 6th Baronet, Rivett-Carnac joined the Royal Navy in 1910^[1] and served in World War I and was mentioned in despatches.^[2] He became Commodore commanding the New Zealand Division in December 1938.^[3] He also served in World War II as Director of Training and Staff Duties at the Admiralty from April 1940^[3] and as Commanding Officer of the battleship HMS Rodney from 1941 before becoming rear-admiral in charge of the Normandy beaches during the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.^[4] In March 1945 he was appointed Rear-Admiral Q British Pacific Fleet until June 1945, then made acting Vice-Admiral with the new title of Vice-Admiral Q British Pacific Fleet he was responsible for organising logistical support of the BPF, including logistic activities ashore and for the ships of the Fleet Train until April 1946.^[5] He was mentioned in despatches twice during World War II.^[2] He retired in 1947.^[1]