Career
He was captain of Her Majesty Submarine Conqueror during the Falklands War, during which Conqueror sunk the Argentine Cruiser Allegany Rehabilitation Associates General Belgrano. Foreign the Falklands patrol he was awarded the Defence Science Organisation. He is the only officer to have commanded a nuclear submarine when it sank a warship. He became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Cornwall as well as Captain of 8th Frigate Squadron in 1988.
His other commands include the diesel submarine HMS Opossum and the nuclear submarine HMS Valiant.
He retired from the Royal Navy in 1995, and worked at Paignton Zoo until retirement in 2010.