{{Short description|Royal Australian Navy officer (1934–2022)}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Rear Admiral | name = Nigel Berlyn | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|08|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Plymouth, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|02|17|1934|08|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | burial_place = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom<br/>Australia | branch = Royal Navy (1952–65)<br/>Royal Australian Navy (1965–90) | service_years = 1952–90 | rank = Rear Admiral | service_number = | unit = | commands = Garden Island Dockyard | battles = Vietnam War<br/>Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | awards = Officer of the Order of Australia | relations = | other_work = }}
Rear Admiral '''Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn''' AO (26 August 1934 – 17 February 2022) was a senior Royal Australian Navy officer who was general manager of the Garden Island Dockyard from 1984 to 1987.
==Naval career== Born on 26 August 1934, he attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne. Berlyn then joined the Royal Navy in 1952. He spent 1964–65 on an exchange with the RAN, during which time he served as the Practical Training Co-ordinator at {{HMAS|Nirimba}}. At the end of his tenure in 1965, he transferred to the RAN and subsequently served as mechanical engineering officer on {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|6}} from 1966 to 1967. Between 1967 and 1970, Berlyn was senior project planner at Garden Island Dockyard before serving as a mechanical engineering officer aboard {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|6}} during 1971 and 1972.<ref name=ran>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227195310/http://www.navy.gov.au/Nigel_Richard_Benbow_Berlyn |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/Nigel_Richard_Benbow_Berlyn |title=Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn |accessdate=26 September 2014 |archivedate=27 February 2012}}</ref>
In 1973, he attended Joint Services Staff College before serving as programming and planning manager of the DDL Project. He then undertook the role of director of the ''Adelaide''-class guided missile frigate Acquisition Project.<ref name=ran/>
He retired from the RAN in 1990, having served as general manager of the Garden Island Dockyard with the rank of rear admiral between 1984 and 1987.<ref name=ran/>
Berlyn died in Bowral, New South Wales on 17 February 2022, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rear Admiral Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/biography/rear-admiral-nigel-richard-benbow-berlyn |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.navy.gov.au |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=Nigel Berlyn Death Notice |url=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/436004/nigel-berlyn?r=https://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== * Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 1987<ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-06-08 |title=Rear Admiral Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn, AM |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879641 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=It's an Honour}}</ref> * National Medal, 1981<ref>{{Cite web |date=1981-03-24 |title=Commodore Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/964789 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=It's an Honour}}</ref> * Member of the Order of Australia (AM), 1978<ref>{{Cite web |date=1978-06-06 |title=Capt Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/879068 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=It's an Honour}}</ref>
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