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are to be put on each truck on arrival at the ship. Embarkation is to commence about 06.30 or as soon as daylight permits. Adequate steps are to be taken for supervision of each box from unloading from truck to stowage in ship. Finally a receipt is to be forwarded to C-in-C Western
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sank eight minutes after the first bomb hit. She went down at 13:50 after being struck by 10 bombs. A total of 234 men were killed and 500, including the
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provided a large supply of warm gloves, woolen scarves, sea boot stockings, leather headgear lined with wool and fur, and woolen underwear, for the crew were ill-equipped to face winter storms with their tropical gear. The convoy lost two merchant ships to U-boats on the trip to the United
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codename ST-25, from the coast of the Bay of
Petrograd. The last British agent left in Russia, Dukes had been infiltrating the Bolshevik government for some time and had made copies of top secret documents. A master of disguise, he was known as "The Man with A Hundred Faces", but his resources had
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British intelligence about the capabilities of the Japanese fleet. Neither Agar nor Somerville had any idea that the range of Japanese naval dive bombers was almost twice that of comparable British aircraft. To survive after getting a second warning of the
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point instead of heading due west out of the danger zone. At 11:30 am a
Japanese patrol aircraft spotted them. There were six hours of daylight left. Agar continued on to the rendezvous point. He broke radio silence to tell Somerville of his decision. The rendezvous point was 90 miles away.
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while coming up, with serious damage to his lungs (i.e. 'pulmonary barotrauma'). On the surface he swallowed oil. These injuries affected his fitness for further seagoing duty. He was fifty-two and had completed thirty-seven years of active duty. After a short stay in
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was not equipped to operate in an area with enemy aircraft and Agar was attempting to add anti-aircraft guns in Colombo and to dismantle and refit her engines and boilers to meet the challenges ahead when word arrived that an enemy fleet had entered the
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commerce in the South Atlantic from German surface raiders and submarines. Particular targets of the British cruisers were the supply ships which replenished German submarines and surface raiders. Without them the submarines would have to withdraw. The
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back into Colombo to finish the refit. Agar again began to dismantle his machinery and clean his boilers. He was told by the port admiral that anti-aircraft guns would arrive in two days for his ship. It was a Saturday, 4 April, the day before Easter.
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was clear, and from the ice free Murmansk in the winter. Although it was apparent to local Allied commanders that the materiel landed after the spring of 1917 was not being put to good use, their advice to stop the flow was ignored by
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with others of her class to guard against raids on the British coast by German ships. Because of their slow speed and weak offensive power, the pre-dreadnought battleships were not ordered to join the Grand Fleet for the
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escorted was the first Canadian troop convoy, in November 1939, when 7,500 troops reached Britain without incident. Convoy duty continued through the bitter winter of 1939/40. Agar's tour of duty as captain of the
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until the end of February 1918, when worsening conditions and a hostile Bolshevik government prompted a withdrawal. The British were able to take away with them a number of Russians fleeing the Bolsheviks.
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mid-Channel and was severely damaged. She had to be towed back to England, being shelled by German coastal batteries on the French coast on the way back, but without receiving a hit.
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Admiral Somerville was in the Maldives beyond the immediate reach of the advancing Japanese. Upon receiving the news he moved further out of Nagumo's way and ordered the
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and another, on 17 June 1919. One had to turn back before completing its mission, but Agar continued into the bay. The battleships were not in the harbour though.
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and many classes were held ashore when the ships were in port. Agar had many pleasant memories of sports, swimming, boating and picnics during this period.
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presence of a large westbound Japanese Fleet in the Indian Ocean he would have had to leave Colombo as fast as possible and head west at top speed.
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had lost her ship's boats, rafts and various depth charges, wires, shackles and other valuable equipment, not to mention her spotter plane, a
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had just returned to Scapa on 1 October 1939 when Agar received "Top Secret" orders to proceed "with all despatch" to Plymouth, England.
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had just reported that it was shadowing a large force of enemy carriers accompanied by battleships steering west from the
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of disguises, he got back to London with his secret documents copied onto tissue paper. He was subsequently knighted by
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On Saturday afternoon, 4 April 1942 an urgent message summoned Agar to the base Operations Room in Colombo. A
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Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot
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720:arrived at Murmansk in March 1917, just as the
1898:leadership of Agar and the other officers and
691:were sent to counter this threat, and two old
621:at the entrance to the straits leading to the
492:. He greatly admired Beatty's dash and style.
2568:Royal Navy personnel of the Russian Civil War
2513:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
1853:, directly for Ceylon. This was the fleet of
869:, head of the foreign section of the British
601:In the summer of 1915 it was decided to send
389:which he had caught during a visit to China.
2493:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
2217:"Ship, Coastal Motor Boat (CMB 4) β MAR 563"
2089:(Supplement). 22 August 1919. p. 10631.
1681:, South Africa, on 7 December 1941 when the
1552:Agar was appointed captain of the 9,925 ton
1274:, gold ingots and the North Atlantic convoys
865:, England. He was asked in late 1918 by Sir
853:Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
2558:Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross
2263:Doherty, Richard; Truesdale, David (2000).
377:, an Irish Fenian leader and member of the
2406:Location of Augustus Agar's Victoria Cross
1135:On 1 January 1924, at the request of King
611:Allied landings on the Gallipoli peninsula
322:(4 January 1890 β 30 December 1968) was a
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2455:President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
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2335:. London, UK: George Allen & Unwin.
2286:. Weybridge, Surrey: K. and K. Patience.
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488:, commanded by Captain (later Admiral)
456:, and afterwards on the slightly older
355:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2538:People educated at Framlingham College
2523:Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross
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2331:The Keyes Papers, Volume II, 1919β1938
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2123:Cashmore, Andrew (15 September 1999).
2100:Cashmore, Andrew (16 September 1999).
1889:The two ships were caught by Japanese
1689:and, soon after, British positions at
1201:North America and West Indies Squadron
1153:. The commander in chief, Admiral Sir
768:
683:used by British merchant ships taking
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2191:"Victoria Cross & VC β OMD 2409"
2102:"Pre-dreadnought Andrei Pervozvanny"
1519:to the northeast of England down to
1515:and up and down the east coast from
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640:targets on Gallipoli and the nearby
2553:Royal Navy officers of World War II
2265:Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross
2026:His second wife, Ina, attended HMS
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887:Captain Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming
549:in September 1913, attached to the
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2426:Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939β1945
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282:Vice President Sailors' Home and
2528:Irish officers in the Royal Navy
2414:Augustus Willington Shelton Agar
2398:Burial location of Augustus Agar
1622:sank the German commerce raider
1236:, which, along with her sister,
463:. These ships were stationed at
307:Augustus Willington Shelton Agar
2508:British people of Irish descent
2221:Imperial War Museum Collections
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978:He set out with his two boats,
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162:Royal Naval College, Greenwich
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402:Eastman's Royal Naval Academy
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2215:Imperial War Museum (2012).
1717:to escort another convoy to
1670:Japanese in the Indian Ocean
1658:to be refuelled spotted HMS
1613:. Their task was to protect
1184:London Naval Conference 1930
900:, a man he knew only by the
892:Agar set up a small base at
628:The sheltered waters of the
379:Irish Republican Brotherhood
334:. He was a recipient of the
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2327:Halpern, Paul, ed. (1980).
2248:. London, UK: Arrow Books.
2045:Imperial War Museum Duxford
1084:received Victoria Crosses.
972:Imperial War Museum Duxford
871:Secret Intelligence Service
827:led by Acting Vice-Admiral
746:. He met them again at the
699:. Agar joined one of them,
578:. He was a part of Admiral
252:Distinguished Service Order
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632:and the straits enabled
411:A friend of the family,
375:Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
349:In his naval biography,
2498:British autobiographers
2350:Draper, Alfred (1979).
2318:Agar, Augustus (1963).
2309:Agar, Augustus (1959).
2267:. Dublin: Four Courts.
2041:HM Coastal Motor Boat 4
1261:in the summer of 1939.
867:Mansfield Smith-Cumming
617:on the Greek island of
278:Parliamentary candidate
256:Mentioned in Despatches
2282:Harvey, David (1999).
1831:End of the Dorsetshire
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2167:Draper, (1979), p.37.
1844:Consolidated Catalina
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1713:and then returned to
1709:. She guided them to
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1468:German invasion plans
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413:Captain Henry Jackson
351:Footprints in the Sea
290:Footprints in the Sea
108:Years of service
16:British naval officer
2284:Monuments to Courage
2051:Character and manner
2018:Royal Yacht Squadron
1490:Hunt class destroyer
1421:Empress of Australia
1335:Halifax, Nova Scotia
1298:headed for Germany.
1249:was attached to the
982:Coastal Motor Boat 4
589:As newer and faster
515:and studying at the
421:Admiral of the Fleet
326:officer in both the
280:for Greenwich (1945)
2409:Imperial War Museum
2187:Imperial War Museum
2133:Warships on the Web
2106:Warships on the Web
2035:Imperial War Museum
1997:Agar was appointed
1930:and the destroyers
1631:On 1 December 1941
1581:Based at Freetown,
1363:, her sister ship,
1325:On 7 October 1939,
1151:Mediterranean Fleet
1143:Victoria and Albert
1066:Wellington Barracks
1017:On 18 August 1919,
775:Coastal Motor Boats
773:Agar served in the
769:Coastal motor boats
532:Torpedo Boat No. 23
517:Royal Naval College
479:Mediterranean Fleet
394:Framlingham College
2139:on 1 October 2007.
2086:The London Gazette
1906:was sunk as well.
1650:One of the German
1643:scuttled herself.
1564:Supermarine Walrus
1408:Among the convoys
1402:Canadian Red Cross
1251:East India Station
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722:Russian Revolution
207:Gallipoli Campaign
2543:People from Kandy
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2383:978-1-444-73702-8
2361:978-0-77360-068-3
2342:978-0-04942-165-3
2301:978-0-90632-427-1
2274:978-1-85182-491-5
2255:978-0-09951-465-7
2157:. 26 August 2011.
2155:naval-history.net
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708:executive officer
657:Battle of Jutland
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2063:References
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630:Aegean Sea
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