Anthony Troup
| Sir Anthony Troup | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 July 1921 |
| Died | 8 July 2008 (aged 86) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1934–1977 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Strongbow 3rd Submarine Squadron HMS Intrepid Far East Fleet Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross & Bar |
Vice Admiral Sir John Anthony Rose Troup KCB, DSC & Bar (18 July 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Royal Navy officer and the last Commander-in-Chief Far East Fleet (1971).
Naval career
Troup was the son of Hugh Rose Troup (1885-1968),[1] an officer in the Royal Navy who played an important role in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940.[2]
He 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]
He served in World War II, 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]
He was mentioned in dispatches in September 1942,[1] and then received the Distinguished Service Cross 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]
He 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]
He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in 1969 and was the last Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1971.[3] He was made Flag Officer Submarines in 1972 and Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1974.[3] He became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1975.[1][6] He retired in 1977.[3]
In retirement he became Vice-Chairman and Group Managing Director of the shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft.[4]
Family
In 1943 he 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]
He joined the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1964.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 ‘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
- ↑ The Evacuation from Dunkirk, W.J.R. Gardner, Routledge, 2014, ISBN 1317973585
- 1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- 1 2 3 4 Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup: wartime submariner The Times, 9 July 2008
- 1 2 3 Obituary, The Telegraph, 11 July 2008
- 1 2 Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup The Scotsman, 16 July 2008
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Derek Empson |
Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet 1971 |
Succeeded by Post disbanded |
| Preceded by Sir John Roxburgh |
Flag Officer Submarines 1972–1974 |
Succeeded by Sir Iwan Raikes |
| Preceded by Martin Lucey |
Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland 1974–1977 |
Succeeded by Sir Cameron Rusby |