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Rear Admiral John Harold Adams, CB, LVO ( – ) was a Royal Navy officer who was best known for his command of , a 22,000 ton ''Centaur''-class light aircraft carrier, during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. ==Biography== Adams was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on . He attended Glenalmond College in Perth and Kinross, Scotland and joined the Royal Navy as a special entry cadet in 1936. After eight months of training he joined the .〔Staff. ("Rear-Admiral John Adams: Highly efficient captain in the Indonesian conflict who was eventually sacked for defending the role of aircraft carriers" ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 November 2008. Accessed 10 November 2008.〕 After the outbreak of World War II, Adams was assigned to the destroyer . On 11 September 1939, ''Walker'' ran down and went through her sister ship, , and was jammed in her. As the weather and conditions were good, both ships were able to be saved. During the crisis, Adams carried ''Vanquisher''s safe with its confidential material inside to the deck of ''Walker'', but found that after the situation had calmed down the next morning that he was unable to lift it.〔 He served on the in 1941 and saw action in the Western Approaches of the coast of Great Britain, as part of the St. Nazaire Raid and the landings of Allied troops in North Africa and Sicily. He underwent training and qualified as a torpedo and electrics specialist in 1943, and was able to use this knowledge to prepare escorts for convoys crossing the North Atlantic.〔 On 15 December 1942 he was Mentioned in Despatches for his actions aboard ''Cleveland'' in an engagement with E-Boats. After the war, he commanded the destroyer and served in the Admiralty's torpedo and anti-submarine warfare division, among other staff appointments.〔 He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 June 1948, and commander on 31 December 1950. He was then given command of the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'', which included taking Princess Margaret to the West Indies, Queen Elizabeth II to Portugal and a world tour for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, serving from 1954 to 1957.〔 As a result, he was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours.〔 Membership of the Fourth Class was subsequently renamed as Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, entitling holders to the postnominal letters LVO.〕 He was promoted captain on 31 December 1956. Adams commanded from May 1964 to January 1966. The ship was deployed in the Indian Ocean and the Far East. She arrived east of Suez with 848 Naval Air Squadron and a strong force of Royal Marines. During the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, ''Albion'' sent two flights of Wessex helicopters to support marine and army border patrols from bases in Borneo and Sarawak.〔 He was promoted rear admiral on 7 January 1966. In 1966, serving as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy), Adams was assigned to the Ministry of Defence and became chairman of the Future Fleet Working Party, reporting to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg. Building on his experience with the ''Albion'', Adams' working party recommended a "through-deck cruiser" that would carry vertical take-off jet fighters and deploy helicopters, insisting that this approach was the logical conclusion of his research. Begg, who believed that missiles would replace planes, exploded with anger and rejected Adams's report publicly. Begg told him that he would never be employed again.〔 Adams retired on 12 February 1968, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in that year's Queen's Birthday Honours, but was invited to the launch of the aircraft carrier in 1977, which was a vindication of his approach.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Adams (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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