Fleet Sir Philip Louis Vian, GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars (15 July 1894 – 27 May 1968) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. Vian specialised...

Look up vian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vian may refer to: Vian, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran Vian, Oklahoma, a town located in the...

Boris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under...

After being intercepted by the destroyer HMS Cossack, captained by Philip Vian, Altmark sought refuge in the Jøssingfjord, but Cossack followed her...

was launched on 6 March 1934, and commissioned 21 May 1935 by Captain Philip Vian. Arethusa was assigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean...

Zulu, and the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, under command of Captain Philip Vian, was ordered to detach from convoy WS-8B and to screen King George V...

supporting the US sectors and the Eastern Naval Task Force (under Admiral Sir Philip Vian) in the British and Canadian sectors. Available to the fleet were five...

American sectors and the Eastern Naval Task Force (under Admiral Sir Philip Vian) in the British and Canadian sectors. The American forces of the First...

visit to Mount's Bay in Cornwall from 30 June – 4 July 1949. Admiral Sir Philip Vian, Commander-in-Chief from 1950 to 1952, flew his flag in Vanguard. In...

(uncredited) John Horsley as Captain, HMS Sheffield Peter Burton as Captain Philip Vian, 4th Destroyer Flotilla Jack Gwillim as Captain Wilfrid Patterson, HMS...

barrage fire over other ships being attacked by dive bombers. Admiral Sir Philip Vian describes the use of 4.7 inch Mark XII guns against aircraft during the...

commanded by Captain Philip Vian, provided additional escort to troop convoy WS8B en route from Glasgow to the Indian Ocean. On 25 May, Vian's destroyers (including...

fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and preface by admiral of the fleet Sir Philip Vian) (1965). Davies, Peter (ed.). The Drama of Graf Spee and the Battle of...

strike force, and Force 69, the oiler group. The commander, Admiral Philip Vian, had his flag aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable (carrying 857...

Saumarez Daniel, Third Sea Lord Sir Douglas Fisher, Fourth Sea Lord Sir Philip Vian, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, Vice Chief of Naval Staff Robert...

Alexandria escorted by three cruisers and eight destroyers under Rear-Admiral Philip Vian in HMS Naiad. On 16 December, the four destroyers of 4th Flotilla (Commander...

brilliant sea fight". On 16 February 1940, Churchill ordered Captain Philip Vian of the destroyer HMS Cossack to board the German supply ship Altmark...

Penelope, Carlisle, and Euryalus under the command of Rear Admiral Philip Vian at the Second Battle of Sirte. On 18 August 1942 Captain H. W. U. McCall...

Military offices Preceded by Sir Denis Boyd Fifth Sea Lord 1945–1946 Succeeded by Sir Philip Vian...

of the fleet, as well as the First Sea Lord—e.g. Sir John Tovey. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was created an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal New...

during his state visit to Great Britain. On 13 September 1950 Admiral Sir Philip Vian hoisted his flag as Commander in Chief, Home Fleet, on Vanguard and the...

shown B-29s could lay naval mines. At the end of 1944, Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian had deployed the aircraft carriers Indomitable, Indefatigable and Victorious...

and several other ships. She became the flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Philip Vian, the newly appointed second in command of the BPF on 31 January. She...

aircraft that were concentrating their attack on other ships. Admiral Sir Philip Vian describes the use of Tribal-class destroyer mounted Mk XII guns against...

leaders Andrew Cunningham Henry Harwood James Somerville William Agnew Philip Vian Alban Curteis Edward Neville Syfret Dwight D. Eisenhower Henry Hewitt...

Rear-Admirals Philip Vian and Geoffrey Miles flew to Polyarnoe in northern Russia and Miles established the British military mission in Moscow. Vian reported...

Submarines 1944–1946 Succeeded by Sir John Mansfield Preceded by Sir Philip Vian Fifth Sea Lord 1948–1949 Succeeded by Sir Maurice Mansergh Preceded by...

1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron (1st ACS), commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Philip Vian when he arrived at Colombo aboard the carrier Indefatigable. A week later...

Cossack's first action was on 16 February 1940, under the command of Philip Vian. This was the Altmark Incident in Jøssingfjord, Norway which resulted...

Indomitable formed the 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Philip Vian and they were in action against airfields on the Sakishima Islands (Operations...