The obituary notice of David MATTICK

Dear family,
Remembering the first meeting with Dave in 1990 within the navy engineering cooperation between the Royal Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy. Dave was an inspiring and fascinating character. The start of the All Electric Ship (AES) program with Dave and team was magnificent, succesful and a period that will always be remembered. Dave and Chris Hodge had a great role in realising the AES within the Royal navy.
It is sad that he passed away. I wish the family a lot of strength to cope with the loss of Dave.

David and I worked together in the submarine section of the newly formed Director General Ships Refitting in the 1980s. He was always fun to be with, and an extremely competent engineer. I remember many happy hours spent in a hire car with David when I had, on occasion, to travel from Bath to Rosyth with him. I recall that David was a fast but safe driver - it was a great time and a period of my own service career that I remember fondly and much of that was due to David. May he rest in peace.

David was always so kind and understanding - as the brains and visionary behind the electric ship programme; he patiently taught me so much as we took it through the machinations in London - I'll never forget his smile and positivity. Chris Hockley

A sad loss to us all

Sorry to hear the sad news. WE served together in Warspite.

Long before your time David, a great friend and colleague for almost 60 years. K

Sad to hear this news. David was a delightful man to be with, both professionally and socially.