Rank Vice Admiral | Years of service 1959 - 1997 Name Jonathan Tod | |
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Commands held HMS BrightonHMS FifeHMS Illustrious | ||
A starters guide to the meaning of life by jonathan tod part 1
Vice Admiral Sir Jonathan James Richard Tod KCB CBE (born 26 March 1939) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
Contents
- A starters guide to the meaning of life by jonathan tod part 1
- A starters guide to the meaning of life by jonathan tod part 2
- Naval career
- References
A starters guide to the meaning of life by jonathan tod part 2
Naval career
Educated Gordonstoun and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Tod joined the Royal Navy in 1959 and qualified as a naval pilot. He went on to command the frigate HMS Brighton and the destroyer HMS Fife. As a captain, Tod served in the Cabinet Office during the Falklands War for which he was awarded the CBE and after that commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (in which role he led the operation to recover survivors following the blowout of the Odyssey Oil Platform in 1988). He became Flag Officer Portsmouth in 1989 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1994 before retiring in 1997.
In March 1967 he flew a Blackburn Buccaneer from RAF Lossiemouth as part of the operation to break up and release oil from the tanks of the SS Torrey Canyon which had run aground off the coast of England.