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{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1924–2012)}}
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|name= Sir Raymond Lygo
|image= Lygo as captain of HMS Juno 1968.jpg
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|caption= Captain Raymond Lygo on HMS ''Juno'', 1968
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|df=y|1924|03|15}}
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|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=y|2012|3|7|1924|3|15}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[Royal Navy]]
|serviceyears= 1942–1978             
|rank= [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
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|commands= [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]<br/>[[Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training|Naval Manpower and Training]]<br/>{{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Juno|F52|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Lowestoft|F103|6}}
|battles= [[Second World War]]
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Sir Raymond Derek Lygo''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|KCB}} (15 March 1924 – 7 March 2012) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who served as [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] from 1975 to 1978.

==Naval career==
Educated at [[Ilford County High School]] and Clark's College, [[Bromley]], Lygo joined the [[Royal Navy]] at HMS St. Vincent (Fleet Air Arm basic training establishment in Gosport, Hampshire) in 1942 during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He was appointed the commanding officer of the [[frigate]] {{HMS|Lowestoft|F103|6}} in 1961, the [[frigate]] {{HMS|Juno|F52|6}} in 1967 and the [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Ark Royal|R09|6}} in 1969.<ref name=unit>[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNVR_officersL.html Unit Histories]</ref> While in command of the latter in 1971, the ''Ark Royal'' collided with a Soviet cruiser that was shadowing her during an exercise in the Mediterranean. Damage to both vessels was slight, though two Soviet crewmen went missing. Lygo was cleared of any responsibility in the subsequent inquiry. He was next appointed [[Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training]] from February 1974 to June 1975. He went on to be [[Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]] in 1975,<ref name=debrett/> was promoted to full [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]] on 9 February 1977,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47160|supp=y|page=2825| date=1 March 1977}}</ref> and retired in March 1978.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47485|supp=y|page=3227| date=13 March 1978}}</ref>

==Later life==
After retirement, Lygo joined [[British Aerospace]], becoming [[Chief Executive]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/fileon4_20040608_mod.pdf|title=Transcript of "File on 4" Current Affairs Group|date=8 June 2004|publisher=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref>

Lygo went on to be Chairman of the Rutland Trust in 1991, Chairman of TNT (Express) UK Ltd in 1992 and Chairman of the Liontrust First UK Investment Trust in 1997.<ref name=debrett/> He was Patron of the [[Fleet Air Arm]] Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faaa.org.uk/|title=About the FAAA|publisher=The Fleet Air Arm Association|accessdate=7 June 2010}}</ref>

==Family==
In 1950 Lygo married Pepper Van Osten; they had two sons and one daughter.<ref name=debrett/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80026961 Imperial War Museum Interview]

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