Royer Mylius Dick DSC, RN
| Born | 14 Oct 1897 | Kensington, London, England | |
| Died | 23 Apr 1991 | (93) | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Ranks
Retired: 15 Aug 1952 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Royer Mylius Dick, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Royalist (89) | Capt. | Light cruiser | 21 May 1944 | 1 Jul 1944 |
| HMS Belfast (35) | Capt. | Light cruiser | 29 Jul 1944 | 12 Jul 1946 |
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Light cruiser HMS Belfast (35)
17 Apr 1945
With her refit almost completed, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted D/G trials off the Tyne. (1)
1 May 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted gunnery trials off the Tyne. (2)
6 May 1945
Around 1145B/6, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed North Shields (Tyne) for Rosyth where she arrived around 1910B/6. En-route full power trials had been carried out. At Rosyth she was taken in hand for the fitting of some new equipment such as radar. (1)
21 May 1945
At 0800B/21, at Rosyth, Rear-Admiral A.E.M.B. Cunninghame-Graham, CBE, RN, transferred his flag from HMS Diadem (Capt. A.M. Knapp, RN) to HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN).
Around 1330B/21, HMS Diadem departed Rosyth for Copenhagen.
At 2100B/21, the flag of the Rear-Admiral was struck on board HMS Belfast and was hoisted in HMS Birmingham (Capt. H.W. Williams, RN) at 0800B/22. (3)
11 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1525B/11, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Rosyth for Scapa Flow where she arrived around 0830B/12. En-route trials had been carried out. (4)
14 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted D/G trials at Scapa Flow. In the afternoon and evening various exercises were carried out off Scapa Flow. (4)
16 Jun 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted 4" gunnery exercises off Scapa Flow. (4)
17 Jun 1945
Around 2330B/17, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Scapa Flow for Gibraltar. (4)
21 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000B/21, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Gibraltar from Scapa Flow.
She departed Gibraltar for Malta around 1615A/21. (4)
23 Jun 1945
Around 1030B/23, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Malta from Gibraltar. At Malta she was to work-up. She was to join the British Pacific Fleet on completion of her work-up programme. (4)
25 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included gunnery exercises. (4)
26 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included gunnery exercises. (4)
27 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta. (4)
28 Jun 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta. (4)
29 Jun 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included gunnery and night exercises.
She returned to Malta the following morning. (4)
3 Jul 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Malta. Also refuelling at sea exercises were carried out during which HMS Eggesford (Lt. G.H. Evans, RN) was fuelled. (5)
4 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included gunnery exercises. (5)
5 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included a range and inclination exercises (RIX) with HMS Sirius (Capt. R.L.M. Edwards, CBE, RN) and HMS Farndale (Cdr. E.G. Roper, DSO, DSC, RN). (5)
6 Jul 1945
During 6/7 July 1945, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta, these included a range and inclination exercises (RIX), night encounter (NEX), gunnery and torpedo firing exercises with HMS Sirius (Capt. R.L.M. Edwards, CBE, RN) and HMS Amethyst (Lt.Cdr. N. Scott-Elliot, DSC, RN). (5)
11 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
In the afternoon, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta. (5)
12 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN), HMS Sirius (Capt. R.L.M. Edwards, CBE, RN) and Chevron (Lt.Cdr. J.F.D. Bush, DSC and 2 Bars, RN) conducted exercises off Malta. (5)
13 Jul 1945
HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) and HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN) conducted exercises off Malta.
HMS Belfast returned to Malta the following day. (5)
16 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
From 16 to 18 July 1945, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) conducted exercises off Malta.
These included exercises with HMCS Ontario (Capt. H.T.W. Grant, DSO, RCN), HMS Abercrombie (A/Capt.(Retd.) C.F.H. Churchill, DSC, RN), HMS Avon Vale (Lt. I. Hall, RN) and HMS Brecon (Lt. N.R.H. Rodney, RN). (5)
24 Jul 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1500B/24, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Malta for Suez where she arrived around 2045C/25.
En-route exercises were carried out. These included bombardment exercises on the 26th. (5)
28 Jul 1945
Around 1800C/28, the light cruiser HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) and the escort destroyers HMS Bleasdale (T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.G. Clarke, DSC, RNVR), HMS Cowdray (A/Lt.Cdr. D.J. Beckley, DSO, DSC, RN) HMS Eggesford (Lt. G.H. Evans, RN) departed Suez for Aden where they arrived around 1200C/31. En-route exercises had been carried out. (5)
1 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1030C/1, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Aden for Colombo. (6)
6 Aug 1945
Around 0715FG/6, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Colombo from Aden. (6)
7 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1630FG/7, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Colombo for Fremantle. On leaving harbour D/G trials were carried out. (6)
14 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0645H/14, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Fremantle from Colombo. (6)
16 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0830H/16, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Fremantle for Sydney. (6)
21 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1530K/21, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Sydney from Fremantle. On entering harbour she ran over the D/G range. (6)
30 Aug 1945 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1130K/30, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) departed Sydney for Manus. On leaving harbour she ran over the D/G range. (6)
4 Sep 1945
Around 0645K/4, HMS Belfast (Capt. R.M. Dick, CBE, DSC, RN) arrived at Manus from Sydney.
She departed for Leyte around 1815K/4.
Post-war, HMS Belfast remained in the Far East until 1947. (6)
Sources
- ADM 53/120958
- ADM 53/120959
- ADM 53/120959 + ADM 53/121006 + ADM 53/121230
- ADM 53/120960
- ADM 53/120961
- ADM 53/120962
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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