| Archibald Dickson | |
| Birth Date: | 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Cardiff |
| Death Date: | 1939 |
| Death Place: | North Sea |
| Occupation: | Sea captain |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
Archibald Dickson was a British seaman who was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1892 and died in the North Sea in 1939.[1] [2] He was a hero of the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
Dickson was the captain of the SS Stanbrook, a British merchant ship that rescued almost 3,000 Spanish Republicans in the port of Alicante, in Spain, during the night of 28 March 1939.[3]
On November 18, 1939, at the beginning of World War II, the SS Stanbrook was torpedoed in the North Sea by U-boat U-57. Archibald Dickson died on board.
His memory is celebrated by the cities of Cardiff[4] and Alicante, in Spain, and by the Tower Hill Memorial in London.[5]