Warren Tute (1914-1989) was an English sailor, author and television executive. He was born in 1914 in
West Hartlepool
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The former town was originally formed ...
, County Durham in the north of England and joined the
Royal Navy
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in 1932, at one time serving on . During the
Second World War
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he served on
Lord Louis Mountbatten
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's staff and took part in amphibious landings in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy.
Following his retirement in 1946 he wrote for television and radio, under contract to
Ted Kavanagh
Henry Edward Kavanagh (7 March 1892 – 17 September 1958) was a British radio scriptwriter and producer.
Ted Kavanagh was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1892. He initially studied medicine in Edinburgh before pursuing a career as a writer. H ...
, famous for the radio series
ITMA
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. At
London Weekend Television
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he was Head of Scripts. For
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television he originated ''The Commanding Sea'' series and wrote the book with co-author
. His other film and television credits include ''
'' and ITV Play of the Week.
Global sales of his more than 30 books are well over the million copies, the most successful of his novels being ''The Rock'', ''
bears a striking resemblance to HMS Ajax), ''The Admiral'', ''The Golden Greek'' and ''Leviathan'', favourably reviewed by the ''
'' who described Tute as "a gifted writer".
He died in 1989 in south-west France.