Edward de Faye Renouf

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Vice-Admiral Edward de Faye Renouf, C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (28 July, 1888 – 15 September, 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Renouf was appointed to H.M.S. Vernon at Portsmouth on 31 July, 1911, to qualify in torpedo duties.[1]

He was appointed Lieutenant (T) of the dreadnought battleship Conqueror on 1 May, 1914.[2]

Great War

While in Centurion, Renouf invented the Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument, a geometric calculating device helpful in determining how to achieve a viable attack position for firing torpedoes, or to help suggest maneuvers to prevent the enemy from attaining this same position. These devices would start to see manufacture and deployment as the war was ending.

He was appointed to Vernon as a Lieutenant-Commander (T) on 7 June, 1918.[3]

Post-War

Renouf died peacefully in Jersey on 15 September, 1972.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 30 June, 1911. Issue 39625, col B, p. 15.
  2. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 392p.
  3. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 926.
  4. ↑ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 19 September, 1972. Issue 58583, col D, p. 24.

Bibliography

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