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Admiral Sir William George Tennant KCB CBE MVO DL (2 January 1890 – 26 July 1963) was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when it searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic. He remained in this capacity when the Repulse was sunk by the Japanese along with HMS Prince of Wales in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later aided in the setup of the Mulberry harbours and the Pluto pipelines, a crucial part of the success of Operation Overlord.

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  • William Tennant (fr)
  • William Tennant (nl)
  • William George Tennant (pl)
  • William Tennant (Royal Navy officer) (en)
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  • William George "Bill" Tennant, né le 2 janvier 1890 à Upton-upon-Severn et mort le 26 juillet 1963 à Worcester, est un amiral de la Royal Navy durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. (fr)
  • Admiral Sir William George Tennant KCB CBE MVO DL (2 January 1890 – 26 July 1963) was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when it searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic. He remained in this capacity when the Repulse was sunk by the Japanese along with HMS Prince of Wales in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later aided in the setup of the Mulberry harbours and the Pluto pipelines, a crucial part of the success of Operation Overlord. (en)
  • William George Tennant (Upton-upon-Severn, 2 januari 1890 – 26 juli 1963) was een Brits marineofficier. Hij is geprezen voor zijn rol in het slagen van de evacuatie van Duinkerke in 1940. Vervolgens diende hij als kapitein van de HMS Repulse en nam deel aan de zoektocht naar de grote Duitse schepen in de Atlantische Oceaan. Hij bleef in deze hoedanigheid tot de Repulse tot zinken werd gebracht samen met de HMS Prince of Wales in de Zuid-Chinese Zee op 10 december 1941, drie dagen na de aanval op Pearl Harbor. Later hielp hij bij de bouw van de Mulberryhavens en de Pluto pijpleidingen, een cruciaal deel van het succes van Operatie Overlord. (nl)
  • William George Tennant (ur. 2 stycznia 1890 w Upton-upon-Severn, zm. 26 lipca 1963 w Worcester) – brytyjski wojskowy, admirał Royal Navy, uczestnik obu wojen światowych, dowódca sił morskich podczas ewakuacji Dunkierki w 1940 roku, uczestnik bitwy pod Kuantanem jako dowódca krążownika liniowego „Repulse”, jeden z odpowiedzialnych za organizację i przeprowadzenie operacji Overlord w czerwcu 1944 roku. (pl)
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  • William Tennant (en)
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  • "Dunkirk Joe" (en)
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  • William Tennant (en)
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