Admiral Alphabet
Ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa na farko a ƙarƙashin umarnin Cunningham, mai lalata Scorpion.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, wanda aka fi sani da lakabin "Admiral ABC", XNUMXst Viscount Cunningham na Hindhope, wanda aka yi wa ado da sauran abubuwa. Tare da Order of Aust, the Knight's Grand Cross of Order of Bath, Order of Merit da Distinguished Service Order, ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun kwamandojin ruwa na Burtaniya a matakin aiki da dabarun yakin duniya na biyu. . Ya kasance misali na abin da, ko da a cikin mafi duhu lokacin, ya ba da Royal Navy ikon yin aiki yadda ya kamata - sanyi ba tare da cynicism, hankali ba tare da sluggishness, Maritime ƙware a haɗe da iyawar sadaukarwa wanda ya zo daga imani a cikin wani musamman rawa. a cikin tarihi, an nada shi zuwa "sabis mafi girma". Ya kasance tare da girman kai, wanda ya samo asali ba daga girman kai ba, amma daga babban (amma ainihin) kima na iyawar mutum, bisa ga abubuwa uku masu mahimmanci ga kowane jirgi: ci gaba, ci gaba da al'ada.
An haifi Andrew Cunningham a cikin dangin Scotland, wanda, duk da haka, yana zaune a Ireland. Ya yi kukansa na farko a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1883 a Rathmines (Irish Rath Maonais, wani yanki na kudu na Dublin). Shi ne na uku a cikin 'ya'yan Prof. Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909, fitaccen masanin ilimin halittar jiki wanda ya kasance malami a Kwalejin Royal na Surgeons na Ireland a Dublin, daga baya a Kwalejin Trinity, sannan kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Edinburgh) da matarsa Elizabeth Cumming Brose. A nan gaba Admiral yana da 'yan'uwa biyu (ƙaramin, Alan, ya tashi zuwa matsayi na janar a Birtaniya Army, shi ne Babban Kwamishina a Falasdinu a 1945-1948, babban, John, yi aiki a Indiya Medical Service, ya kai ga matsayi na Laftanar Kanal) da ƴan'uwa mata biyu. An haife shi cikin kusanci ga addini (yana cikin Cocin Scotland, bisa ga motsi da al'adun Presbyterian, kuma kakan mahaifinsa fasto ne) da kuma al'adun ilimi. A cikin shekarun farko na rayuwarsa, mahaifiyarsa ce ta rene shi, wanda ke tafiyar da gidan, kuma daga wannan lokacin, ƙila dangantaka mai zafi ta tashi a tsakanin su, wanda ya kasance a duk tsawon rayuwar admiral na gaba. Lokacin da ya kai shekarun makaranta, an fara tura shi makarantar gida a Dublin sannan kuma zuwa Edinburgh Academy a babban birnin Scotland. Andrew a lokacin yana cikin kulawar innansa, Doodles da Connie Mae. Wannan tsarin tarbiyyar da ya shafi rabuwa da wuri da gidan iyali, ilimi a makarantar kwana ko zama a gidan kwana tare da danginsa, a lokacin ya kasance halayen ajinsa, kodayake a yau yana iya haifar da shakku. Edinburgh Academy ta kasance (kuma ta kasance) ɗayan shahararrun makarantun Scotland. Wadanda suka kammala karatun ta sun hada da ‘yan siyasa, fitattun mutane a duniyar kudi da masana’antu, shugabannin coci, da kuma fitattun ‘yan wasa da fitattun jami’ai. Ya isa a ce Kwalejin na iya yin alfahari cewa maza 9 da suka bar bangon ta an ba su kyautar Victoria Cross, lambar yabo mafi girma na Birtaniya don bajinta a fagen fama.
Labarin dangin Cunningham ya ce lokacin da Andrew ya kai shekaru 10, mahaifinsa ya tambaye shi (ta hanyar telegraph) ko zai so ya shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa a nan gaba. Lalle ne, yana da wuya a yi imani da cewa yaron yana da akalla wasu kwarewa wanda ya ba shi damar yin irin wannan zabi mai mahimmanci a hankali, amma Andrey ya yarda, bai tabbatar da abin da yake auna ba. Har ila yau, mai yiwuwa iyayensa ba su da cikakkiyar masaniya game da wannan, tun kafin wannan, a cikin dangin uba ko a cikin gidan mahaifiyar ba su da dangantaka da "manyan bayi" (kamar yadda ake kiran jirgin ruwa a lokacin). Bayan zaɓin nasa, Andrew ya ƙare a Stubbington House (a cikin Stubbington - Hampshire, kimanin kilomita 1,5 daga Solent, wanda ya raba Isle of Wight da Ingilishi "babban ƙasa"). Wannan cibiyar, wacce aka kafa a 1841, ta shirya yara maza don hidima a cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa har zuwa 1997 (a baya, a cikin 1962,
daga Makarantar Earlywood, wanda ya haɗa da ƙaura zuwa Ascot a cikin Berkshires na kudancin Ingila). Makarantar Stubbington ta ba wa "masu shiga" ilimi, ƙwarewa da ƙwarewar zamantakewa da ake buƙata don cin jarrabawa da ci gaba da karatunsu a Makarantar Nautical Dartmouth.
A wannan lokacin, an gudanar da horar da 'yan takara na jami'a a kan jirgin ruwa, wanda ke da sunan gargajiya HMS Britannia (tsohon Yariman Wales, 121-gun jirgin ruwa, wanda aka gina a 1860, ya rushe a 1916) - Cunningham ya ci jarrabawar ba tare da matsala ba. nuna kyakkyawan ilimin lissafi.
Admiral na gaba ya tafi Dartmouth a cikin 1897. Littafinsa na shekara (wanda ya hada da Admiral na Fleet James Fous Somerville daga baya - a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu ya ba da umarnin, a cikin wasu abubuwa, harin da aka kai kan Mers el Kebir) ya ƙunshi masu neman 64 da ke zaune a Hindustan halq (wani tsohon jirgin ruwa 80-bindigo na layi, ruwa. 1841). Makarantar rayuwa ce mai wuyar gaske, ko da yake ya kamata a tuna cewa kowane "matasa maza" 6 akwai bawa guda. Abokan aikinsa daga baya sun tuna da Admiral saboda rashin yarda da wasannin kungiya, ko da yake yana sha'awar wasan golf, kuma ya shafe mafi yawan lokacin hutunsa yana tafiya a kan daya daga cikin kwale-kwalen makarantar. Bayan shekara ta farko na karatu, ya sami mafi girman maki a fannin lissafi da ilimin jirgin ruwa (makarantar tana da bangaren tukin ruwa da jirgin ruwa na Makarantar Racers, wacce ta gudanar da horar da ruwa gaba daya), wanda duk da aikata kananan laifuka da dama, ya ba shi matsayi na goma. .
