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Moment of silence for the paper-pusher that was atomized by a wandering Admiral Fisher.

Atomised by a wandering Admiral Fisher.... What a glorious sentence.

My late husband, Captain C.H.P. Shaw, RCN , was the son of the late Captain A.P. Shaw. RN, who served for many years as Cunningham's secretary. I have his book, inherited by my late husband,  A Sailors Odyssey,  in which A.P. Shaw is listed 8 times in the index.  The inscription on the first page of the book reads - To Tim, his nickname, in memory of our long and happy  association    from Andrew Cunningham.

Drach, that is a totally engrossing account, told with great elan. Can't wait for pt.2
Mention of "Meatface" and Somerville reminds me of the reputation these 2 had, during the Mediterranean campaign, of sending very ribald and witty signals to each other, eg- " How was your slap in the belly with a wet fish?" "At my age, hits below the belt don't amount to much".

I like Cunningham's concept of "enlightened laziness", described at 3:20. Unfortunately, I'm usually not very good at implementing it in practice.

How good of story teller do you need to be to make a 45 minute video feel like a 15 minute snippet.

Prop to Admiral Raby for his toughness despite having a Victoria Cross in his chest quite literally

Cunningham’s description of himself as “enlightened lazy” meaning work harder now to get it right the first time so you don’t have to go back and fix it later is exactly my own motto.  And here I thought I invented the concept lol.

My Father served under ABC on Warspite start to finish. Great Man thanks.

Another good one, Drach.  IMO Arbuthnot deserves his own episode in this series.   By many accounts something of a despot.  Extreme physical fitness enthusiast, at a time when this was regarded as peculiar.  Was once assaulted when ashore by disgruntled sailors, but put several of them in the hospital.  A real fire eater, who unfortunately got his command annihilated at Jutland for little result.

my goodness it’s videos like these that suggest Drach is a natural-born professor. Almost a shame he’s too good for even that, glad we can all share his knowledge on here

Anyone else wish Cunningham got a ship named after him?

Anyone else notice that the funniest shenanigans that occur in war are when future admirals are involved?

My father Lt/Cdr T. N. Mayfield (dec.) serves under ABC in WW2 when on Ark Royal in Force H. He always spoke warmly of Cunningham who was well liked by all who served under him. Fascinating history, thank you. Tom Mayfield (ex boy tiff)

ALWAYS a good day when a new offering by Drach is found!

Cunningham was truly a sailor’s sailor.  All the skill, knowledge and drive of Fisher with the courage and dash of Beatty - with none of the ego and @sshole-ness of either.

Ah yes, the most cunning ham of all.

A couple of biographies mention that, as a midshipman, Cunningham was present at the funeral of Admiral of the Fleet Provo Wallis.

props to admiral cunningham for starting a career in undertale youtube videos