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]
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]
