RHKYC Speakers Corner Hugh Dulley

An event open to non-members and members alike on 14, December. Hugh Dulley will be speaking.

Hugh Dulley’s father (Peter Dulley) joined Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong in 1930. He was a keen weekend sailor at the Club and cruised among the islands surrounding Hong Kong in a 4.5 ton yacht called Monsoon. He also raced in and came second in the Hong Kong - Macao race. Peter rowed in the 1924 Paris Olympics and competed on behalf of the Club in the Inter Port Regattas.

He joined the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (HKRNVR) in 1935. Four years later at the outbreak of WW2, he was called up in the HKRNVR. He eventually graduated to commanding an ocean going tug of 500 tons, which he took from Hong Kong to Aden, calling at islands still enjoying pre-war peacetime, navigating by sextant across the Indian Ocean. Peter returned to Hong Kong in September 1941 and was killed three months later during the invasion.

Should be a great time. Info copied from RHKYC page here.

http://www.rhkyc.org.hk/events/HughDulley.aspx