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Vice-Admiral John Walsh Carrington, D.S.O., O.B.E., Royal Navy (5 January, 1879 – 15 November, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Carrington served as Navigating Officer of King George V at the Battle of Jutland.

He was promoted to Captain on 31 December, 1917.

On 2 December, 1924, he became Captain in Command of Portsmouth Navigation School.^[1]

He commanded Valiant from March 1927 until September 1928.^[2]

Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

Naval Appointments

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-*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8562747&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/142.]
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-*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8560820&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/125.]
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-*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892101&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/44.]
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