Vice Admiral Sir Jonathan James Richard Tod KCB

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(born 26 March 1939) is a former

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officer who became Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.

Naval career

Educated

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and the

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, 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''.Navy's bicentennial marred by pull-out
Royal Gazette, 9 February 1995 As a captain, Tod served in the Cabinet Office during the Falklands War for which he was awarded the

and after that commanded the aircraft carrier HMS ''Illustrious'', succeeding Vice-Admiral

Peter Woodhead Sir Anthony Peter Woodhead, (born 30 July 1939) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1991 to 1993. Naval career Educated at Leeds Grammar School, HMS ''Conway'' and the Royal Naval Colleg ...

, (in which Tod 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 October 1965 Tod ejected from a Hawker Hunter following a mid-air collision during an air combat exercise in Scotland. In March 1967 he flew a Blackburn Buccaneer from

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as part of the bombing operation to break up and release oil from the tanks of the which had run aground off the coast of Cornwall.

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