Ted Horlick

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwin John Horlick KBE FREng FIMechE (28 September 1925 – 12 November 2021) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Director-General of British Ships from 1979 to 1983, and as Chief Naval Engineer Officer from 1981 to 1983.[1]

Vice-Admiral

Sir Edwin John Horlick

KBE
Born(1925-09-28)28 September 1925
Died12 November 2021(2021-11-12) (aged 96)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice-Admiral
AwardsKBE

Career

Edwin John Horlick was born on 28 September 1925.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[2]

Horlick joined the Royal Navy in 1943.[2] He was Squadron Engineering Officer in the 2nd Frigate Squadron (1960–63) before joining the Ship Department at the Ministry of Defence (1963–66).[2]

Horlick was First Assistant to the Chief Engineer at HM Dockyard, Singapore between 1966 and 1968 and Assistant Director of Submarines between 1969 and 1972.[2] He completed the Senior Officer’s War Course in 1973 and thereafter was Fleet Marine Engineering Officer, Staff of Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet between 1973 and 1975.[2]

Horlick attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976 and was later made Director of the Project Team for Submarine/Polaris between 1977 and 1979.[2] He was Director General of Ships between 1979 and 1983.[2] In 1982 Sir Ted delivered a paper on Submarine Propulsion in the Royal Navy at the fifty-fourth Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture delivered to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London on 26 January 1982.[3]

Horlick was Chief Naval Engineer Officer between 1981 and 1983.[2] He was invested KBE in 1981.[4]

Personal life

Horlick married Jean Margaret Covington who predeceased him; they had four sons.[2] He died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 96.[5]

References
  1. Who’s Who 1998, Published by A&C Black Limited
  2. "HORLICK, Edwin John (born 1925), part-time consultant". oup.com. December 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. Brown, D. K.; Moore, George (30 July 2012). Rebuilding the Royal Navy. ISBN 9781848321502. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. Supplement to The London Gazette, 13 June 1981
  5. Sir Ted Horlick death notice
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