Rear-Admiral Nigel Hugh Malim CB LVO DL (5 April 1919 – 23 August 2006) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Second World War.

A native of Barrow upon Humber in North Lincolnshire, and the son of an engineer, Malim joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on leaving Weymouth College in 1936.

[3] On 13 August 1942, Manchester was torpedoed by two Italian Navy MS -boats while part of a convoy to Malta during the Battle of the Mediterranean, and the ship was so severely damaged that her Captain decided to sink her.

[4] Making it to dry land, Malim found himself on the coast of Algeria, where he was arrested by the forces of Vichy France and interned at Laghouat.

He then completed his naval service in Portsmouth as chief staff officer (technical) to the commander-in-chief of the Western Fleet, from 1969 to 1971, with the rank of rear admiral from 7 July 1969,[5] and retired in 1971.