Nigel Berlyn

Rear Admiral Nigel Richard Benbow Berlyn AO (26 August 1934 – 17 February 2022) was a senior Royal Australian Navy officer who was general manager of the Garden Island Dockyard from 1984 to 1987.

At the end of his tenure in 1965, he transferred to the RAN and subsequently served as mechanical engineering officer on HMAS Vampire from 1966 to 1967.

Between 1967 and 1970, Berlyn was senior project planner at Garden Island Dockyard before serving as a mechanical engineering officer aboard HMAS Melbourne during 1971 and 1972.

[1] In 1973, he attended Joint Services Staff College before serving as programming and planning manager of the DDL Project.

[1] He retired from the RAN in 1990, having served as general manager of the Garden Island Dockyard with the rank of rear admiral between 1984 and 1987.