Studholme Brownrigg

Admiral Sir Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, KBE, CB, DSO (3 September 1882 – 24 January 1943) was a Royal Navy officer who was Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Naval career Brownrigg joined the Royal Navy, was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant on 3 September 1901 and subsequently confirmed in that rank from the same date. In November 1902 he was posted to the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Ramillies, serving in the Mediterranean Fleet.

He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, as executive officer of HMS Barham (with rank of Commander). He went on to be Chief of Staff at the Africa Station and, from 1925, deputy director of the Gunnery Division. He served in World War II as officer commanding the Home Guard at Chatham from 1940 to 1941. to take charge of convoys. He sailed as Commodore of Convoy ON 16 in SS Ville de Tamatave (a ship captured from the Vichy French in 1941), departing Liverpool on 12 January 1943 en route for New York. The convoy ran into a violent storm in the North Atlantic towards the evening of 23 January. Messages were received from the Ville de Tamatave indicating that she had lost her rudder and, an hour later, that she was sinking. The other ships were not able to render assistance, and Ville de Tamatave was lost with all hands, including Brownrigg, on 24 January 1943.