Peter Dingemans

Rear-Admiral Peter George Valentin Dingemans, CB, DSO (31 July 1935 – 6 December 2015) was a Royal Navy officer who was captain of HMS Intrepid during the Falklands War and went on to become Chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet.^[1]

Rear-Admiral Peter Dingemans CB DSO
Born	(1935-07-31) 31 July 1935 (age 89) Steyning, West Sussex
Died	6 December 2015(2015-12-06) (aged 80) Lindfield, West Sussex
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1953–1990
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	Chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet Flag Officer Gibraltar Commodore, Amphibious Warfare HMS Intrepid Fishery Protection Squadron HMS Lowestoft HMS Berwick HMS Maxton
Battles / wars	Falklands War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Naval career

Educated at Brighton College,^[2] Dingemans joined the Royal Navy in 1953^[3] serving on HMS Vanguard^[1] the last British battleship before being promoted to lieutenant in 1958.^[4] In 1967 he took command of the minesweeper HMS Maxton.^[3] After being promoted to commander^[5] in 1971 he became Commanding Officer of the frigates HMS Berwick and then HMS Lowestoft.^[3] Dingemans was promoted to captain in 1976,^[6] and led the Fishery Protection Squadron.

In 1980 he took command of HMS Intrepid^[3] which was saved from defence cuts to take a key role ^[7] in the Falklands War and especially the landings at San Carlos Water. For this he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.^[8] He then was appointed Commodore, Amphibious Warfare. In 1985 he was promoted to Rear-admiral^[9] and served as Flag Officer Gibraltar and then Chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet.^[3] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath^[10] shortly before retiring in 1990. In retirement he spent 10 years with Slaughter & May^[2] and wrote a memoir 'My Incredible Journey - From Cadet to Command'.^[11]