Robert Brooke Dashiell ( – ) was an officer in the United States Navy who was noted for his technical expertise. Dashiell, born near Woodville, Virginia, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1881 and was commissioned as an ensign two years later. An inventor of important ordnance mechanisms and an authority on dock construction, he was commissioned Assistant Naval Constructor and served in his specialty until his death in Washington, D.C., .