Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

Royal Navy officer (1883–1963)

Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO & Two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was widely known by his initials, "ABC".

Quotes

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  • Be pleased to inform their Lordships that the Italian Battle Fleet now lies at anchor under the guns of the fortress at Malta.
    • Signal to the Admiralty in London (10 September 1943); cited by Joseph Caruana in the Times of Malta (19 January 2014), online
    • See Armistice of Cassibile
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