Andre Ignatieff
Andre Ignatieff (1879-1949)
1950 Obituary [1]
"ANDRE IGNATIEFF, who was born in 1879, received his general education at the Emperor Nicholas's School, Petrograd, and obtained his theoretical and practical training at the Naval Engineering College, Cronstadt, from 1897 to 1901, where he was awarded the mechanical engineering diploma. He was then commissioned as engineer sub-lieutenant, and a year later was .posted as torpedo engineer to the cruiser Askold with the rank of lieutenant, subsequently taking part in all naval engagements at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war.
After experience as inspection officer during the construction of several warships, he was appointed to the cruiser Rurik and promoted to the rank of engineer lieut.-commander. Subsequently in the war of 1914-18, as chief engineer, he rendered distinguished service in the Rurik by effecting temporary repairs and bringing her safely out of action back to port.
From 1915 to 1917 he was engineer flag captain of a squadron of mine-laying trawlers and destroyers, and later, as engineer captain, he was responsible for the design of mine-sweepers and floating workshops. He left Russia in 1918 and after acting as liaison officer and representative for the Provisional Russian Government began, in 1920, to practise on his own account as a consulting engineer in London, and in the following year was elected a Member of the Institution.
In 1926 he went to Australia and joined the staff of Messrs. Hadfields, Ltd., at Sydney, as a draughtsman. On his return to England four years later he obtained a similar post with Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., of Barrow, and continued in their service for a number of years. Mr. Ignatieff received numerous awards for his naval service, being a holder of the Order of St. Anne, second-class; he was also an Officer of the Legion of Honour and Officier d'Academie.
His death occurred on 7th April 1949."