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British Chaplain of the Fleet
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Male
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Birth:
24 August 1924
Death:
23 June 2006
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Trinity College Dublin
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Biography
Basil Arthur O’Ferrall CB QHC (24 August 1924 – 23 June 2006) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.
He was born on 24 August 1924 and educated at St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, Dublin and Trinity College in the same city. He wasordained in 1948 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Patrick’s, Coleraine after which he became anaval chaplain. He served on amongst others HMS Victory, HMS Ganges, HMS Adamant and HMS Victorious before becoming Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, a post he held from 1975 to 1980. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was Vicar of Ranworth with Woodbastwickbefore becoming Dean of Jersey in 1985. He retired in 1993; and died on 23 June 2006.