William Richmond Fell CMG CBE DSC (31 January 1897 – 28 November 1981), was a New Zealand naval officer.

[5][4] In January 1941 he was appointed commander of the infantry assault ship HMS Prince Charles,[5] which had been converted from a former Belgian cross-Channel steamer.

Sladen to establish and train a special underwater strike unit involving divers and human torpedoes or ‘chariots.

X-Craft were used in the successful Operation Source attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Altafjord, September 1943.

[10][11] Fell remained with HMS Bonaventure until November 1946, when he transferred to working in the Admiralty as a salvage officer.