Subfondo GB 0064 DAN/801-810 - Dannreuther, Captain Raymond Portal (fl 1923 - 2006)

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GB 0064 DAN/801-810 1937-1954 Subfonds 1 box Dannreuther , Raymond Portal , fl 1923-2006 , Captain

Raymond Portal Dannreuther, the son of Rear-Admiral Harold Edward Dannreuther and the brother of Captain Hubert Harold Dannreuther, entered the Royal Navy as a cadet attending the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He then served as a midshipman on the cruiser HMS KENYA, Home Fleet from September 1940, the destroyer HMS LAFOREY, Home Fleet and then on the battleship HMS MALAYA from June 1942. After attending gunnery school on HMS EXCELLENT in 1942 he was promoted to Sun-Lieutenant and posted to the destroyer HMS RELENTLESS, South Africa, Eastern Fleet. After being promoted to Lieutenant in 1944 he served consecutively on HMS LEWES, HMS PYTCHLEY, HMS CAMPERDOWN. Raymond Portal Dannreuther then attended the gunnery school at HMS EXCELLENT in Portsmouth and was then posted to HMS DRAKE, HMS CUMBERLAND and HMS PRESIDENT, being promoted to Commander in 1954. In 1960 he joined the staff of the Surface Division in the Weapons Department of the Admiralty. On 31 Dec 1962 Raymond Portal Dannreuther became a captain and was posted to HMS UNDAUNTED. From 1968 to 1969 he was the Director of Naval Operational Requirements, Ministry of Defence in the Navy Department. He became a Naval ADC to the Queen from 1971 to 1972 and retired from The Royal Navy in 1973. In 1961 Raymond Portal Dannreuther married Elizabeth Bourne and they had 2 sons.

Papers of Raymond Portal Dannreuther comprising:

Engineering notes belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther dated 1937 from The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Printed booklet entitled Notes on Wave Motion with special reference to light and sound. For use at The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Handwritten notes belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther on Servo amplifiers and radios from 1941

First Lieutenant's Standing Orders belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther from HMS LEWES dated 1 May 1944

Printed booklet entitled The First Lieutenant's Handbook by Lieutenant-Commander E A Codrington Ball

Manuscript Notes on signal codes for aircraft belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther, 1937

Letters from Raymond Portal Dannreuther to his mother dated 7 Jan 1948 to 29 May 1949

Printed booklet entitled Officer's Divisional Course, Royal Naval barracks, Portsmouth dated 9 Dec 1949.

Printed and manuscript notes on aircraft rockets, dive bombing and pilot training from HMS EXCELLENT, 1954

HMS EXCELLENT printed Ward Room Mess Rules from Jan 1953

Arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

In transit - item unavailable from May to August 2011

Please contact the Archive for further information.

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Papers of Raymond Portal Dannreuther comprising:

Engineering notes belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther dated 1937 from The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Printed booklet entitled Notes on Wave Motion with special reference to light and sound. For use at The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Handwritten notes belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther on Servo amplifiers and radios from 1941

First Lieutenant's Standing Orders belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther from HMS LEWES dated 1 May 1944

Printed booklet entitled The First Lieutenant's Handbook by Lieutenant-Commander E A Codrington Ball

Manuscript Notes on signal codes for aircraft belonging to Raymond Portal Dannreuther, 1937

Letters from Raymond Portal Dannreuther to his mother dated 7 Jan 1948 to 29 May 1949

Printed booklet entitled Officer's Divisional Course, Royal Naval barracks, Portsmouth dated 9 Dec 1949.

Printed and manuscript notes on aircraft rockets, dive bombing and pilot training from HMS EXCELLENT, 1954

HMS EXCELLENT printed Ward Room Mess Rules from Jan 1953

Arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

In transit - item unavailable from May to August 2011

Please contact the Archive for further information.

• inglés

• latín

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglés