David Haslam

Rear-Admiral Sir David William Haslam (26 June 1923 – 4 August 2009) was a Royal Navy officer. David Haslam was born in Derby and educated at Ashe Preparatory School, Etwall and, from 1936, at Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire (from 1939 the school was evacuated to Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales). He joined the Royal Navy as a Special Entry Cadet in 1941. He saw service in the cruiser , in the destroyer and in the battleship , in the Indian Ocean, between 1942 and 1943. In 1944 he specialised in hydrographic surveying and joined for surveys in waters off Burma and Malaya between 1944 and 1946. He was in command of Survey Motor Launch 325 in 1947 and then spent two years on exchange service with the Royal Australian Navy from 1947 to 1949. This was followed by service in the surveying vessel from 1949 to 1951 and her sister ship 1951–53.