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Stephen Wentworth Roskill | |
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| Born | 1 August 1903 London, England |
| Died | 4 November 1982 (aged 79) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1917–1949 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross |
| Relations | Eustace Roskill, Baron Roskill |
| Other work | Royal Navy Official Historian of the Second World War Senior Research Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University |
Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA (1 August 1903 – 4 November 1982) was a senior career officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history.