John Allan (Canadian admiral)

John Allan
Born (1928-03-31) 31 March 1928
Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Allegiance  Canada
Service/branch  Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Forces
Years of service 1946-1980
Rank Vice-Admiral
Commands held HMCS Qu'Appelle
First Canadian Destroyer Squadron
Maritime Command
Awards Commander of the Order of Military Merit

Vice Admiral John Allan CMM (born 31 March 1928) is a retired Canadian Forces officer who served as Commander of Maritime Command from 1979 to 1980.

Career

Allan joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946 and was commissioned as an acting sub-lieutenant in 1954.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS Qu'Appelle in 1968, Project Manager of the DDH-280 Program at National Defence Headquarters in 1970 and Commander First Canadian Destroyer Squadron in 1973.[1] He went on to be Chief of Staff (Sea) in 1974, Director General Maritime Engineering and Maintenance in 1975 and Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Materiel in 1977.[1] His last appointments were as Commander Maritime Command in 1979, in which role he claimed that cutbacks were restricting the activities of Maritime Command,[2] and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff in 1980 before retiring.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 John Allan The Nauticapedia
  2. ↑ Cutbacks sinking Canada's Navy says Admiral The Montreal Gazette, August 2, 1979
Military offices
Preceded by
Andrew Collier		 Commander Maritime Command
1979-1980 		Succeeded by
Andrew Fulton
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