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Colin Kenneth MacLean

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Vice-Admiral Colin Kenneth MacLean, CB, CVO, DSO (17 September 1876 - 12 September 1935) was a British Royal Navy officer during the First World War.

MacLean joined the Royal Navy, and was promoted a Lieutenant in 1898. He was posted to the second-class cruiser HMS Pique on 15 February 1900.[1]

As a Captain, he later commanded several ships, including HMS Lightfoot, HMS Spenser, and HMS Centaur, and as Rear-Admiral commanded a Destroyer flotilla. He ended his career as a naval officer in China, and retired as Vice-Admiral in 1932.

References

  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36054. London. 1 February 1900. p. 6.