Edward Kennedy (Royal Navy officer)

Captain

Edward Coverley Kennedy
NicknameK
Born31 August 1879
Died23 November 1939 (aged 60)
HMS Rawalpindi, Atlantic Ocean
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1892–1921, 1939
RankCaptain
CommandsHMS New Zealand; HMS Angora; HMS Cassandra; HMS Constance; HMS Rawalpindi
ConflictsFirst World War

Russian Civil War

Second World War

RelationsLudovic Kennedy (son)
Other workPolitical Agent

Edward Coverley Kennedy (31 August 1879 – 23 November 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who is remembered as the captain of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi who engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

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