Frank George Griffith Carr
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Frank George Griffith Carr CB, CBE, FSA, MA, LLB | |
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| Director of the National Maritime Museum | |
| In office 1947–1966 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Callender |
| Assistant Librarian at the House of Lords Library | |
| In office 1929–1947 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1903 |
| Died | 9 July 1991 (aged 88) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | |
| Rank | Lieutenant Commander |
| Battles/wars | |
Frank George Griffith Carr (23 April 1903 – 9 July 1991) CB, CBE, FSA, MA, LLB, was a British sailor and intelligence officer who during World War II became involved with Section D of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6 or SIS). In the earlier part of the war, having co-founded "The Cruising Club," with August Courtauld and Gerard Holdsworth, he worked along the coasts of Norway, Denmark, Holland, and Belgium on survey finding missions for Allied landing and launch sites. He then used his surveys to create seaborne smuggling lines into Norway, becoming one of the progenitors of the Shetland bus.[1] When Section D was absorbed into the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the summer of 1940, Carr went on to serve in various SIS missions on deployments into Finland and Sweden. By the end of the war, he had earned the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[1]
After the war, he became the director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England from 1947 to 1966 and was responsible for restoring and preserving a large number of ships, such as the Cutty Sark and the Gypsy Moth IV. After retirement he was involved in the creation of the Maritime Trust and the World Ship Trust which served the purpose of preserving old ships.