During the Third Cod War, he was the navigator in the frigate Andromeda when it was rammed by the Icelandic vessel Týr in 1975
During the Third Cod War, he was the navigator in the frigate Andromeda when it was rammed by the Icelandic vessel Týr in 1975
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Like many navigating officers, Reffell demanded precision and cogent arguments; as Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar, he was held in…
He once boarded a Russian frigate to gather intelligence: ‘I went snooping around inside gun turrets and other places. It was fun’
As a midshipman on the foc’s’le of Verulam he counted the destroyer’s torpedoes running towards the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro
He could find key valves and controls throughout his submarine blindfold, something he practised in case of loss of electrics,…
His debut book resurrected the reputation of Sir James Saumarez, placing him in the first rank of naval commanders in the era of…
After four months at sea, he left the destroyer Hardy weeks before it was sunk, a loss that haunted him for years
