Ted Horlick

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwin John Horlick KBE FREng FIMechE (28 September 1925 – 12 November 2021) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Director-General of British Ships from 1979 to 1983, and as Chief Naval Engineer Officer from 1981 to 1983.^[1]

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwin John Horlick KBE
Born	(1925-09-28)28 September 1925
Died	12 November 2021(2021-11-12) (aged 96)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Awards	KBE

Career

Edwin John Horlick was born on 28 September 1925.^[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.^[2]

Horlick joined the Royal Navy in 1943.^[2] He was Squadron Engineering Officer in the 2nd Frigate Squadron (1960–63) before joining the Ship Department at the Ministry of Defence (1963–66).^[2]

Horlick was First Assistant to the Chief Engineer at HM Dockyard, Singapore between 1966 and 1968 and Assistant Director of Submarines between 1969 and 1972.^[2] He completed the Senior Officer’s War Course in 1973 and thereafter was Fleet Marine Engineering Officer, Staff of Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet between 1973 and 1975.^[2]

Horlick attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976 and was later made Director of the Project Team for Submarine/Polaris between 1977 and 1979.^[2] Promoted to vice-admiral on 27 September 1979,^[3] he was Director General of Ships between 1979 and 1983.^[2] In 1982 Sir Ted delivered a paper on Submarine Propulsion in the Royal Navy at the fifty-fourth Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture delivered to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London on 26 January 1982.^[4]

Horlick was Chief Naval Engineer Officer between 1981 and 1983.^[2] He was invested KBE in 1981.^[5]

Personal life

Horlick married Jean Margaret Covington who predeceased him; they had four sons.^[2] He died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 96.^[6]

References

1. "Horlick, Vice-Adm. Sir Edwin John, (Sir Ted), (28 Sept. 1925–12 Nov. 2021), part-time consultant". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20764. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
2. "Horlick, Vice-Adm. Sir Edwin John, (Sir Ted), (28 Sept. 1925–12 Nov. 2021), part-time consultant". HORLICK, Edwin John (born 1925), part-time consultant. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20764. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. "No. 47996". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1979. p. 13889.
4. Brown, D. K.; Moore, George (30 July 2012). Rebuilding the Royal Navy. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848321502. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
5. "Supplement to The London Gazette, 13 June 1981" (PDF).
6. "HORLICK - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.