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Sir Anthony Troup
Born(1921-07-18)18 July 1921
Mentioned in Despatches

Far East Fleet
(1971).

Early life

Born in

evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940.[2]

Naval career

Troup studied at Pangbourne College, associated with the nautical training college HMS Worcester, until 1934.[1] He joined the Royal Navy in 1934,[3] and studied at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth until 1936.[1]

Troup served in the

Second World War, initially on the cruisers HMS Vindictive in 1938–39 and then HMS Cornwall in 1939–40. He served on the submarine HMS Turbulent from September 1941 to early 1943, commanded by John "Tubby" Linton in the 10th Submarine Flotilla. After briefly commanding HMS H32 in June to August 1943, he was commanding officer of the submarine HMS Strongbow from September 1943 until the end of the war, based at Trincomalee.[4] In January 1945, HMS Strongbow was badly battered by Japanese depth charges, but Troup nursed his severely damaged vessel 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across the Indian Ocean back to its base, where she assessed as unfit for further service.[4][5]

Troup was

mentioned in despatches in September 1942,[1] and then received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in May 1943, both awarded for his submarine patrols in the Mediterranean, and was awarded a Bar to the DSC in August 1945 for his patrols in the Far East.[5]

Troup served on the cruiser HMS Cumberland in 1945–46, and commanded the submarines HMS Tantalus, HMS Trump and HMS Tally-Ho. He was appointed second-in-command of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in 1956, commanding officer of the 3rd Submarine Squadron in 1961 and then captain of the ship HMS Intrepid from 1966 to 1968.[3]

Troup went on to be

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1975,[1][6] and retired in 1977.[3]

Family and later life

In 1943, Troup married Joy Gordon-Smith: by his first marriage he had two sons and a daughter.[6] In 1953 he married Cordelia Hope: they also had two sons (including Edward Troup, born 1955) and a daughter.[4]

Troup joined the

Vosper Thornycroft.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 'TROUP, Vice-Adm. Sir (John) Anthony (Rose)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 11 April 2016
  2. ISBN 1317973585
  3. ^ a b c d e Sir John Anthony Rose Troup Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. ^ a b c d Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup: wartime submariner The Times, 9 July 2008
  5. ^ a b c Obituary, The Telegraph, 11 July 2008
  6. ^ a b Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup The Scotsman, 16 July 2008
Military offices
Preceded by
Flag Officer Sea Training

1969–1971 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet

1971 		Post abolished
Preceded by Flag Officer Submarines
1972–1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland

1974–1977 		Succeeded by
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