Patrick Dove (sea captain)

Captain
Patrick Dove
Born1896
London, United Kingdom
Died25 May 1957 (aged 60–61)
At sea
NationalityBritish
OccupationShip captain
Employer(s)Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London
Known forAuthor of the book: I Was Graf Spee's Prisoner.

Patrick G.G. (Paddy) Dove (1896–1957) was a British merchant navy officer who served as commanding officer of the MV Africa Shell when she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, becoming the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie.[1][2][3][4][5]

Following the seizure and sinking of his ship, Captain Dove became friendly with Kapitän zur See (KzS) Hans Langsdorff during his period of imprisonment aboard the Graf Spee, and would later recall this in his book: I Was Graf Spee's Prisoner.

  1. ^ "MV Africa Shell (1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Motor Vessel AFRICA SHELL built by George Brown & Co. (Marine) Ltd in 1939 for Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London, Tanker". www.clydeships.co.uk.
  3. ^ Dove, Captain Patrick (1 January 1940). I WAS GRAF SPEE'S PRISONER!. Withy Grove Press – via Amazon.
  4. ^ "I Was There! - Our Ships were Sunk by the 'Graf Spee' - The War Illustrated". www.thewarillustrated.info.
  5. ^ "MaritimeQuest - Africa Shell (1938) Builder's Data". www.maritimequest.com.