Mulleneux, Hugh Hedworth Hubback, Commander, 1911-1990.

MULLENEUX, Commander Hugh, Naval Operation Orders for ‘Neptune’ etc.

Diary of Lt Commander Mulleneux, being 'the doings of the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean between 10 June 1940 and 19 October 1941', covering battle of Calabria, the attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto, General Wavell's desert offensive, the battle of Matapan, the Malta blitz, battle of Crete among others.

Operation Cauldron, 'Outline plan of the operation', the attack on the Hess Battery,'given me by Lord Lovat just before the operation', 22 July 1942.

'Miscellaneous signals of interest' folder of naval signals concerning preparations for Allied landings at Dieppe, 1942.

Naval Operation orders for Operation Neptune (the naval phase of Operation Overlord, the D Day Landings), 10 April 1944.
Report 'Appendix 4 to official report 2: Report on Orange beaches', 22 August 1942.

Report 'Attack on the British Assault Area by Explosive Motor Boats and Human Torpedoes', 2-3 August 1944 and subsequent reports, 12 and 19 August, 1944.

'Flag Officer British Assault Area to Allied Naval Command, Expeditionary Force', 29 June 1944- 12 September 1944.

Operational Orders for British Pacific Fleet, July- August 1945.

Task Force 37 'Race Card for July/ August meeting', Fourth Cruiser Squadron, 13 July 1945.

Operational summaries: Air Operations mentioning Japanese warships NAGATO and YOKOSUKA, 17-18 July 1945.

'Task Organisation', US Pacific Fleet, Battleship Sqaudron, 7 August 1945.

Booklet 'Maritime Power' written by Mulleneux, c.1975.

Administrative / biographical background
DSO 1942 for his part in the Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe raid, where he commanded the flotilla which took Commandos in to attack the Hess Battery. In July 1943 Mulleneux commanded rocket equipped landing craft tanks, deployed to aid the landing of the 51st Highland Division in Sicily (Operation Husky). During WWII a level of clearance called "Bigot" was adopted by the allies. This was in order to create a smaller circle of individuals who were cleared to know information.

Record Details

Item reference: MUL; MSS/80/119.0 MSS/80/119
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: COLLECTION
Date made: 1940-1950
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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