Sir Hugh Mackenzie | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Hugh_Mackenzie.jpg) Lieutenant Hugh Mackenzie, Commander of HM Submarine Thrasher in 1942. Taken on board the submarine depot ship HMS Medway. | |
| Born | 3 July 1913 Inverness, Scotland |
| Died | 8 October 1996 (aged 83) Puttenham, Surrey, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1930–1968 |
| Rank | Vice admiral |
| Commands | HMS H28 HMS H43 HMS Thrasher HMS Tantalus |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar Distinguished Service Cross |
Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, KCB, DSO & Bar, DSC (3 July 1913 – 8 October 1996) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Submarines and Chief Polaris Executive.
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Mackenzie served in submarines during the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the submarine HMS H28 in March 1941, of HMS H43 in April 1941, of HMS Thrasher in which he sank 40,000 gross register tons (110,000 m3) of enemy shipping, and of HMS Tantalus, in which he conducted a single patrol of nearly 12,000 miles (19,000 km).
Mackenzie went on to be commanding officer of the Underwater Detection Establishment at Portland in 1952, commander of the 1st Destroyer Squadron in June 1954 and Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer Submarines in December 1956. After that he became Captain of the Boys' Training Establishment HMS Ganges in January 1959, Flag Officer Submarines in September 1961, and Chief Polaris Executive in spring 1963 before retiring in September 1968.