Ragnar Colvin

Ragnar Colvin

Admiral Sir Ragnar Musgrave Colvin KBE, CB (1882–1954) was a long-serving British naval officer who commanded the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Colvin was appointed Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Australian Navy in 1937. Under his leadership, the RAN expanded its naval fleet and maintained a high profile in Australia’s military affairs.

At the outbreak of war Colvin was an active participant in international planning; however, by 1940 his health was failing and he resigned the following year. Colvin returned to London where he served as Naval Advisor to the Australian High Commission from 1942 to 1944.

He had two children, John Horace Ragnar Colvin (HM Ambassador to Mongolia, 1971-1974) who died in 2003 and Mrs. Prudence Balfour.

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