He joined the
Royal Navy in 1945. He was given command of the
submarine HMS Sea Scout in 1956, the submarine
HMS Artful in 1959 and the submarine
HMS Repulse in 1968. He went on, in 1981, to be
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operations), a role he undertook during the
Falklands War, before retiring in 1983. ==Personal life and death==