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==Later naval career== Later in the war, Nasmith was in charge of the [[British submarine flotilla in the Baltic|Seventh Submarine Flotilla]] in the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] and Senior Naval Officer at Reval (later [[Tallinn]]), and was appointed CB in 1920 for that service.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31811/supplements/2859 Supplement to the London Gazette, 5 March 1920]</ref> He was captain of {{HMS|Iron Duke|1912|6}} from 1921 to 1923.<ref name="Plaque"/> He was appointed [[Commandant]] of the [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], in 1926 and then became [[Commodore Submarine Service|Rear Admiral Submarines]] in 1929.<ref name=lh/> He became [[Commander-in-Chief, East Indies]] in 1932 and [[Second Sea Lord|Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel]] in 1935.<ref name=lh/> He was [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth]] from 1938 and then Commander-in-Chief of [[Western Approaches Command|Plymouth and Western Approaches Command]] from the outbreak of war in September 1939.<ref name=lh/> He served as Flag Officer-in-Charge, [[London]] from 1942<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205160975|title = Vc Admiral Inspects Sailors Repairing London Houses. 26 July 1945, Great Smith Street, Westminster. Rear Admiral Sir Martin e Dunbar-Nasmith, Vc, KCB, Flag Officer in Charge, London, Inspected Work of Naval Bomb Damage Repair Parties}}</ref> and retired in 1946.<ref name=lh/> Before retiring in 1946 Nasmith moved to [[Rothes]] living out the remainder of his days in the town.<ref name=tribute>{{cite news|url=https://insidemoray.com/2015/06/special-tribute-to-vc-hero-who-made-his-home-in-moray/|title=Special tribute to VC hero who made his home in Moray|newspaper=Inside Moray|date=2 June 2015|access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> In retirement he became Vice Chairman of the [[Imperial War Graves Commission]].<ref name=lh/> He was also appointed [[Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom]], a ceremonial position.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue=37155 |page=3409| date= 29 June 1945}}</ref> He died in Rothes in 1965, aged 83.<ref name=tribute/>
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