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Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham (13 October 1849 – August 1931) was a British

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officer who was Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard from 1902 until 1904.

Naval career

Graham joined the Royal Navy in the 1860s. He was promoted to the rank of

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on 30 June 1891, and held successive commands of the protected cruiser HMS ''Aeolus'', the cruiser HMS ''Wallaroo'', and the protected cruiser HMS ''Diadem''. In March 1899 he was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Royal Oak'', serving on the

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. After his return to the United Kingdom, in January 1901 he was appointed Captain of the

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Dockyard Reserve, and on 20 August 1902 he was appointed Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard, serving as such until December 1904. He was promoted to flag rank as rear-admiral on 10 February 1904, and retired as an

admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

in 1911.

References

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