Clement Moody

Admiral Sir Clement Moody,  (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic from 1946 to 1948.

Naval career
Moody was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911. He served in the First World War and, in 1935, was given command of . He commanded the aircraft carrier  from 1937.

Moody served in the Second World War as Director of the Naval Air Division and then as second-in-command of Naval Air Stations in 1941. He was made second-in-command of Aircraft Carriers in Home Waters in 1943; in April 1944 he took part in Operation Cockpit, a bombing raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra).

Moody went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic in 1946; he retired in 1948.

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