Douglas Boyle
{{Short description|Royal Canadian Navy officer (1923–2001)}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Douglas Boyle
|image =
|caption = VAdm Douglas Boyle
|rank = 40px Vice-Admiral
|branch = {{naval|Canada|1911}}
23px Canadian Forces
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|nickname =
|allegiance = {{flag|Canada}}
|birth_date =29 November 1923
|death_date=23 July 2001 (aged 77)
|birth_place = Revelstoke, British Columbia
|death_place = Ottawa, Ontario
|serviceyears = 1939–1977
|battles = Second World War
|commands={{HMCS|Athabaskan|R79|6}}
{{HMCS|Saguenay|DDH 206|6}}
4th Canadian Escort Squadron
Standing Naval Force Atlantic
Maritime Command
|awards = Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration
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Vice Admiral Douglas Seaman Boyle CMM, CD (29 November 1923 – 23 July 2001) was a Canadian Forces officer who served as Commander of Maritime Command from 21 August 1973 to 14 June 1977.
Career
Boyle joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and trained at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth before serving in the cruiser {{HMS|Diomede|D92|6}} and the destroyers {{HMS|Wolsey|D98|6}}, {{HMCS|Iroquois|G89|6}} and HMCS Chaudiere during the Second World War.[http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Biolist3.php?name=Boyle,%20Douglas%20Seaman&id=17211&Page=1&input=Boyle,%20Douglas%20Seaman Boyle, Douglas Seaman] The Nauticapedia He became Commanding Officer of the destroyer {{HMCS|Athabaskan|R79|6}} in 1957, Commanding Officer of the destroyer {{HMCS|Saguenay|DDH 206|6}} in 1959 and Commander of the 4th Canadian Escort Squadron in 1962. He went on to be Director Naval Training at the National Defence Headquarters in 1964, Director Senior Appointments (Navy) in 1964 and Director General Postings & Careers in 1966. After that he became Commander NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic in 1970, Director General Plans Requirements and Production in 1971 and Chief of Personnel for the Canadian Armed Forces in 1972. His last appointment was as Commander Maritime Command in 1973, in which role he complained about the gap between commitments and capability at Maritime Command,[http://www.navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol3num4/vol3num4art1.pdf Generally Speaking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105455/http://www.navalreview.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/vol3num4/vol3num4art1.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }} Canadian Naval Review, Winter 2008 before retiring in 1977.
Awards and decorations
Boyle's personal awards and decorations include the following:
References
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Category:Royal Canadian Navy officers
Category:Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)