Vice Admiral Melville Raymond Schunker, PVSM, AVSM (18 September 1924 – 4 January 2021) was a flag officer in the Indian Navy.

He was the commissioning commаnding officer of the Indian Navy's only submarine tender ship INS Amba (A54).

Schunker joined the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RINVR) as a midshipman in November 1943.

The Mysore was to be commanded by Captain S. M. Nanda and Schunker was part of the commissioning crew as the gunnery officer.

Schunker was then selected to attend the Joint Service Staff College in Latimer, Buckinghamshire.

[13] After completing the course, he was appointed Chief of Staff (COS) of the Western Naval Command in Mumbai.

[14] After a year-long stint heading the Western Fleet, he relinquished command, handing over to Rear Admiral M. P. Awati.

[16] In early 1978, he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam.

[21] On 1 April 1982, Schunker took over as the third Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (DGICG), succeeding Vice Admiral Swaraj Parkash.

After a two-year stint, he retired after handing over the command of the Coast Guard to Vice Admiral S. Jain in 1984.