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Nigel Hugh Malim (5 April 1919 – 23 August 2006) was a

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officer who served in the

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. He survived his ship being sunk, and was later commander engineer on the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'', district engineer for Scotland, deputy director of marine engineering, captain of the Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon and chief staff officer (technical) to the commander-in-chief of the Western Fleet. In retirement he was a

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to the

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Service career

A native of

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, and the son of an engineer, Malim joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on leaving

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in 1936. In 1941 he was posted to the

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MALIM, Nigel Hugh (b 1919), Rear Admiral
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in July of that year. On 13 August 1942, ''Manchester'' was torpedoed by two

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MS -boats while part of a convoy to Malta during the

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, and the ship was so severely damaged that her Captain decided to sink her. Making it to dry land, Malim found himself on the coast of

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, where he was arrested by the forces of

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and interned at

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. He was freed in November, thanks to the Allied invasion of

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, and a few weeks later joined the

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in the North Atlantic. He was next posted to the

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, from 1943 to 1945. After the war Malim took an advanced engineering course at Greenock. From 1945 to 1947 he served on , then was on the staff of the

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from 1948 to 1950. After service with the

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(1951–1954), a posting to the carrier (1954–1956), and another spell at the Admiralty (1956–1958), he joined the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'' in 1958 as commander engineer. In 1960 he was promoted

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and became the Navy's District Overseer for Scotland (1960–1962), then assistant and later deputy director of marine engineering (1962–1965). HMY Britannia

He was seconded to the

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in 1966 before serving as captain of the Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon from 1967 to 1969. He then completed his naval service in Portsmouth as chief staff officer (technical) to the commander-in-chief of the Western Fleet, from 1969 to 1971, with the rank of rear admiral from 7 July 1969, and retired in 1971.

Later life

Malim retired to

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, in his home county of

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, and became chairman of the Western European Ship Repairers Association. He was also managing director of the Humber Graving Dock and Engineering Co. at

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from 1972 to 1982 and in January 1988 was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire.''The London Gazette'', Issue 51197 of 13 January 1988
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Private life

Malim's interests included

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and while on ''Britannia'' he often sailed with the

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. In 1944, at Dorchester, Malim married Moonyeen Maureen Ogilby Maynard, and they had two sons, Jeremy and Timothy, and a daughter, Marquita. Malim died on 23 August 2006 while on holiday in France. His widow died at the age of 85 in December 2007.

Honours

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, 1960 *

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, 1970 * Deputy Lieutenant for the

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, 24 November 1987.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malim, Nigel 1919 births 2006 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Deputy lieutenants of Lincolnshire Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Weymouth College (public school) Royal Navy rear admirals Royal Navy officers of World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Vichy France People from Barrow upon Humber People from Caistor Military personnel from Lincolnshire Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Graduates of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich