John Stevens (Royal Navy officer)


Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

Naval career

Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I. After the War he went to King's College, Cambridge and then specialised in navigation.
He also served in World War II as captain of HMS Cleopatra from August 1942 to July 1943 and then became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946. He was given command of in 1948 and then became Director of Naval Training in 1949. He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Head of British Joint Services Mission to Washington D. C. in 1950 and Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron in 1952. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic in 1953. He retired in 1956.