John Stevens (Royal Navy officer)

Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I.^[1] After the War he went to King's College, Cambridge, and then specialised in navigation.^[1]

He also served in World War II as captain of HMS Cleopatra from August 1942 to July 1943^[2] and then became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946.^[1] He was given command of HMS Implacable in 1948 and then became Director of Naval Training in 1949.^[1] He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Head of British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1950 and Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron, in 1952.^[1] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, in 1953. He retired in 1956.^[1]