# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-somerville
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:18.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-somerville"
name: "James Somerville"
slug: "james-somerville"
description: "Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, was a Royal Navy admiral. He served in the First World War as fleet wireless officer for the Mediterranean Fleet where he was involved in providing naval support for the Gallipoli Campaign. He also served in the Second World War as commander of the newly formed Force H: after the French armistice with Germany, Winston Churchill gave Somerville and Force H the task of neutralizing the main element of the French battle fleet, then at Mers El Kébir in Algeria. After he had destroyed the French Battle fleet, Somerville played an important role in the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck."
tagline: "British Royal Navy officer (1882-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/INF3-77_pt8_Admiral_Sir_James_Somerville.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1882-07-17"
deathDate: "1949-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.80456131194374
  historical:           15.37448666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Somerville"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump