Derek Anthony

Rear Admiral Derek Anthony MBE
Born	(1947-11-02)2 November 1947
Died	19 March 2019(2019-03-19) (aged 71) Ashford, Kent, South East England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1966 - 2003
Rank	Rear-admiral
Commands	HMS Onslaught HMS Warspite HMS Cumberland Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire

Rear-Admiral Derek James Anthony MBE (2 November 1947 − 19 March 2019) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.

Anthony joined the Royal Navy in 1966.¹ After qualifying as a submariner and being given command of the submarines HMS Onslaught and then HMS Warspite, he became captain of the frigate HMS Cumberland in 1991.² Anthony was appointed director of Naval Service Conditions at the Ministry of Defence in 1993; Deputy Flag Officer Submarines in 1996; and, naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1997, before becoming Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 2000 and retiring in 2003.³

In retirement, Anthony became clerk of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.¹

He was married to Denyse and had two married daughters. He died on 19 March 2019, aged 71.¹⁴