Harry William Dyke

ASSISTANT COMMANDER

(Titanic Historical Society Archives)

Ethnicity	British
Born	1869, at Liverpool
Hair	Fair
Eyes	Grey

Rank:	Ship:	Tonnage:	Year:
1^st Officer	Runic	12.500	1903
Chief Officer	Suevic	12.700	1909
?	Olympic	45.300	1913
Chief Officer	Olympic	45.300	1916
Assistant Commander	Britannic (II)	48.200	1915/1916
Chief Officer (?)	Olympic	45.300	1916/1917

POINTS OF INTEREST

- Simon Mills’ book “HMHS Britannic, the Last Titan” gives the year of birth of Harry Dyke as 1869. This would mean he was just one year younger then Captain Bartlett, namely 47.

- After arriving back in England on the 8^th of December 1916, Dyke is already listed in Olympic’s log on the 30^th of that month.

- I’m not 100% sure about the Runic information, as a ‘J.H. Dyke’ seems to be listed. But considering that there don’t seem to be a lot of men bearing the name Dyke among the White Star Line Officers, I assume that this is Harry William Dyke. If he was aboard, he was serving together with Alfred Brocklebank, who he would later meet again on the Britannic.

Crew information researched and compiled by Remco Hillen. No unauthorized usage allowed.

For any questions, remarks or possible mistakes, please contact Remco Hillen

Sources

The Titanic Commutator (Vol.15;No.3;1991) published by the Titanic Historical Society

Inger Sheil

Mark Chirnside

Mark Baber’s daily ‘White Star Line History’

‘HMHS Britannic, the Last Titan’ – Simon Mills

‘Hostage to Fortune’ – Simon Mills

‘RMS Olympic, Old Reliable’ – Simon Mills

‘William McMaster Murdoch – A Career at sea’ – Susanne Störmer