Ships
- HMS Emerald (D66) Captain from 13 March 1943 · Relieved on 28 September 1944
Francis James Wylie had Emerald from 13 March 1943 until 28 September 1944. He recommissioned her for the Eastern Fleet and he still had her at Gold Beach.
Uboat.net records that he was born on 24 September 1896. The page gives no place and no date of death.
The rank table lists midshipman on 15 May 1914, acting sub-lieutenant on 15 March 1916, sub-lieutenant on 15 September 1916, lieutenant on 15 October 1917, lieutenant-commander on 15 October 1925, commander on 31 December 1930, and captain on 30 June 1938. He retired on 8 July 1947. He was mentioned in despatches on 28 November 1944. The page says it has no career narrative.
He took her on 13 March 1943, during the refit in Britain. She recommissioned on 7 April 1943 for the 4th Cruiser Squadron, Eastern Fleet, and on 20 August she arrived at Kilindini for the 5th Cruiser Squadron. Through the rest of 1943 she was on Indian Ocean convoy defence. In January 1944 she went to Colombo. On 3 March 1944 she sailed from Trincomalee for home, and on 22 March she rescued 32 survivors of Nancy Moller. On 6 June 1944 she bombarded batteries off Gold Beach with Force K, and on 7 June a near miss did slight damage. He left her on 28 September 1944, as she was being paid off at Rosyth. The mention in despatches is dated two months later. The uboat.net page does not say what it was for.
He retired on 8 July 1947. The fetched pages do not record a later appointment or a death.