(1862-06-10)10 June 1862 Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Died
20 January 1928(1928-01-20) (aged 65) London, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1875–1924
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
Atlantic Fleet Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 2nd Battle Squadron 3rd Battle Squadron Eastern Mediterranean Squadron 9th Cruiser Squadron HMS Dominion HMS Carnarvon HMS Mermaid HMS Angler HMS Desperate
Battles/wars
First World War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Spouse(s)
Hilda Maud (Lady de Robeck)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (10 June 1862 – 20 January 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy. In the early years of the 20th century he served as Admiral of Patrols, commanding four flotillas of destroyers.
De Robeck commanded the allied naval force in the Dardanelles during the First World War. His campaign to force the straits, launched on 18 March 1915, was nearly successful, as the Turkish land-based artillery almost ran out of ammunition. However, mines laid in the straits led to the loss of three allied battleships. The subsequent ground campaign, like the naval campaign, was ultimately a failure and the ground troops had to be taken off the Gallipoli peninsula by de Robeck on the night of 8 January 1916. He went on to become Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet and then Commander of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet.
After the war de Robeck became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet and British High Commissioner to Turkey, and then Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Michael deRobeck, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (10 June 1862 – 20 January 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy. In the...
Baron deRobeck is a title of the head of the Irish Fock family which has its origins in Sweden. Jakob Constantin Fock, a Swedish landowner, had bought...
the International trials were staged, Calthorpe was replaced by JohndeRobeck. DeRobeck said regarding the trials "that its findings cannot be held of...
Naval operations: Second attack on the Dardanelles, led by Vice-Admiral JohndeRobeck aboard Vengeance. 10 – Naval operations: Night attack in the straits...
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converged on the light cruiser HMS Chatham, the flagship of Rear-Admiral JohndeRobeck who commanded the landing fleet. Finally, on the afternoon of 8 August...
sick list by the medical officer and command was taken over by Admiral JohndeRobeck. On the morning of 18 March 1915, the Entente fleet, comprising 18 battleships...
(1916–1917) Sir Eric Geddes – First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–1919) JohndeRobeck – Naval Commander in the Gallipoli Campaign David Henderson – Director-General...
same day and was replaced by Rear Admiral JohndeRobeck. A gunnery officer noted in his diary that deRobeck had already expressed misgivings about silencing...
org. "JohndeRobeck career". Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904–1945. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2007. "Osmond de Beauvoir...
physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1947) June 10 – JohndeRobeck, British admiral (d. 1928) June 21 – Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince...
sculptor and coin designer John Vincent Holland: soldier Michael Kelly Lawler: soldier Kathleen Lonsdale: scientist JohndeRobeck: admiral Ernest Shackleton:...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Richards Admiral of the Fleet Sir JohndeRobeck Major General Robert Ross Admiral Sir Francis Tottenham Field Marshal...
attempt, which was approved by the Allied fleet's commander, Vice Admiral JohndeRobeck. AE2's first attempt was made early on 24 April, but the boat only made...
Dardanelles. The larger British contingent, commanded by Rear Admiral JohndeRobeck, was to make the initial attack at longer range, led by the powerful...
Commissioner), also Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet 1919-1920: JohndeRobeck (British High Commissioner), also Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean...
Viscount Ullswater 1924: The Lord Ernle 1925: Admiral of the Fleet Sir JohndeRobeck 1926: The Viscount Hampden 1927: The Lord Leconfield 1928: The Earl...
(b. 1851) January 21 Nikolai Astrup, Norwegian painter (b. 1880) Sir JohndeRobeck, British admiral (b. 1862) January 28 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish...
nothing of their work could be used by the international court. Admiral JohndeRobeck replaced Admiral Gough-Calthorpe on August 5, 1919, as "Commander in...
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