Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton
- Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton
Infobox Military Person
name=Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton
lived=27 March 1890 – 26 December 1974
placeofbirth=Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire
placeofdeath=
caption=
nickname=
allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=Royal Navy
serviceyears=1909 - 1950
rank=Admiral
commands= 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean (18 Oct 1933 - Feb 1936)
Captain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (HMS "Britannia") (29 Dec 1936 - 1939)
HMS "Rodney" (present at destruction of German battleship Bismarck) (21 November 1939 - 1941
Admiral Commanding Iceland (HMS Baldur) (05 September 1941 - 1942
Naval Secretary to First Lord of Admiralty HMS "President" (31 October 1942 December 1943)
10th Cruiser Squadron (HMS Belfast) & Second-in-Command, Home Fleet (3 March 1944 April 1945)
Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer Central Mediterranean (HMS St Angelo) (1 April 1945 - 1946)
Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland (1946 - 1948)
Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, USA (HMS Saker) (8 September 1948 - 1950)
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
- "Bismarck"- Normandy
awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath (14 October 1941)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1 January 1945)
Mentioned in Despatches (13 February 1945)
laterwork= Member, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers (1947-1973)
Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Wigtownshire (27 March 1951)
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Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton (1890-1974) was a British naval officer who served in World War I and World War II.
Family
Dalrymple-Hamilton was the son of Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire. He married Gwendolen in 1918 (died 1974). The couple had one son and two daughters.
Naval career
From 1939 to 1941 he commanded the battleship "HMS Rodney". [http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4069.html] Whilst in command he took part in the sinking of the German battleship "Bismarck".
References
* [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersD.html Royal Navy biographies] "Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck" Ludovic Kennedy
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