# Eric Longley-Cook

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{{Short description|Royal Navy Vice Admiral (1898–1983)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|name = Eric Longley-Cook
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CBE|DSO}}
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1898|10|06|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1983|04|20|1898|10|06|df=yes}}
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|allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch= {{navy|United Kingdom}}
|service_years= 1914–1951
|rank= [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy))
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|commands= [Director of Naval Intelligence](/source/Naval_Intelligence_Division_(United_Kingdom)) (1948–51)<br/>{{HMS|Argonaut|61|6}} (1942–43)<br/>{{HMS|Caradoc|D60|6}} (1939–40)
|battles= [First World War](/source/First_World_War)<br/>[Second World War](/source/Second_World_War)
* [North African campaign](/source/North_African_campaign)
* [Allied invasion of Sicily](/source/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily)
* [Normandy landings](/source/Normandy_landings)
|awards= [Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br/>[Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)<br/>[Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order)<br/>[Mentioned in Despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Despatches) (3)<br/>[Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour) (France)
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[Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy)) '''Eric William Longley-Cook''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO}} (6 October 1898 – 20 April 1983) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer.

==Naval career==
Longley-Cook joined the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) as a [cadet](/source/cadet) at the [Royal Naval College, Dartmouth](/source/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College) and was mobilised at the start of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War).<ref name=iwm>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030004075|title=Private Papers of Vice Admiral E W Longley-Cook CB CBE DSO|publisher=Imperial War Museum|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> He saw action in the [battleship](/source/battleship) {{HMS|Prince of Wales|1902|6}} in the British Adriatic Squadron.<ref name=iwm/>

He served in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) as commanding officer of the [cruiser](/source/cruiser) {{HMS|Caradoc|D60|6}} from July 1939,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |title=Captains commanding Royal Navy warships |access-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2015 }}</ref> as deputy director of Training and Staff Duties from October 1940 and as deputy director of Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare from July 1941.<ref name=senior>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy appointments|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser {{HMS|Argonaut|61|6}} from April 1942, Captain of the Fleet for the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) in January 1943 and Captain of the Fleet for the [East Indies Fleet](/source/Eastern_Fleet) in January 1945.<ref name=senior/>

After the war he became Chief of Staff for the [Home Fleet](/source/Home_Fleet) in November 1946 and [Director of Naval Intelligence](/source/Naval_Intelligence_Division_(United_Kingdom)) in May 1948.<ref name=senior/> In that capacity he warned the British Government that the United States "was set to bomb Russia first" and that "all-out war against the Soviet Union was not only inevitable but imminent".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jun/16/humanities.highereducation|title=US 'was set to bomb Russia first'|work=The Guardian|date=16 June 2001|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[Edward Parry](/source/Edward_Parry_(Royal_Navy_officer))}}
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{{s-aft|after=[Sir Anthony Buzzard](/source/Sir_Anthony_Buzzard%2C_2nd_Baronet)}}
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Category:1898 births
Category:1983 deaths
Category:Royal Navy officers of World War I
Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II
Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Directors of Naval Intelligence
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Recipients of the Legion of Honour

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