Sir Robert Atkinson, DSC & Two Bars, RD, FREng (7 March 1916 – 25 January 2015) was a British businessman and decorated Royal Navy officer.

He served in the Royal Navy during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross three times.

[1][2] He was one of three sons born to Nicholas Ridley Atkinson, a civil engineer with the Tynemouth Improvement Commission, and his wife Margaret.

[2] His older brother was The Reverend Canon Professor James Atkinson, who was a Church of England priest and academic specialising in Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.

[1] He took command of another Flower-class corvette, HMS Pink, in 1942 and escorted three crucial convoys, including ONS 5 in spring 1943.

[7] Returning to the UK, he entered business and held managerial positions at William Doxford, Tube Investments, Unicorn Industries and Aurora Steel.

[8] On 4 March 1941, Atkinson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) 'for courage and skill in a successful action against an enemy submarine in heavy seas'.

Ships Duncan, Pink, Sunflower, Vidette, Tay, Loosestrife, Alisma, Spey, Pelican, Jed, Snowflake and Lagan on Convoy Escort duty".