Captain Cecil Ryther Acklom CB CBE (31 May 1872 – 12 June 1937), was a senior British officer in the Royal Navy, ‘a key figure in the development of the torpedo for over a decade’,[1] Assistant Superintendent at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich (1899-1910) and Superintendent of the Royal Torpedo Factory in Greenock (1910–19).

[2][6] Acklom entered the Royal Navy in 1885 and in 1890 saw action in East Africa on the coast at Vitu where he was awarded a medal and clasp.

[2] Between 1901 and 1910 he played a key role in the development of the torpedo for the Royal Navy,[1] and later became Assistant Superintendent at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich between 1899 and 1910 before becoming Superintendent of the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock between 1910 and 1919.

[2] He was made CB in 1914,[7] and CBE in 1919.

[2] He was the brother of George Moreby Acklom and the uncle of David Manners.