Born in Yorkshire, Frank Hubert Shaw (1878–1960) was a UK naval officer and author who saw active service during the First World War. A Captain in the Navy, he released a volume of stories in 1916 entitled Atlantic Nights which were based on his own experiences of mercantile marine life. Prior to being sent to Flanders as a Flight-Commander, Shaw was the captain of a famous commercial liner.

A prolific writer, he also published fiction under the names Frank Cleveland, Archibald Guthrie, Grenville Hammerton, Frank Hubert, and Ernest Winchfield. His works appeared widely in Boys’ Own Papers, with an estimated 7,000 stories to his credit and more than seventy books. His fiction reflects his wartime experience and is often patriotic and supportive of the military command. His memoir, Seas of Memory (1958), reflects this stance.

His volumes of non-fiction/memoir include White Sails and Spindrift, Seas of Memory and Life Owes Me Nothing.