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词条 Peter Herbert (Royal Navy officer)
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  1. Naval career

  2. Family

  3. References

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Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|OBE}} (born 28 February 1929) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

Naval career

Educated at Dunchurch Hall and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Herbert was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1949.[1] He served in submarines for much of his early career and then became Commander of the nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Valiant, in 1963.[1]

He was made Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Blake in 1974, and then Deputy Chief of the Polaris Executive in 1976.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1978 and Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in 1980.[1]

He was appointed Flag Officer Submarines and Commander, Submarines, Eastern Atlantic Area in 1981 and in that role took part in the Falklands War.[2] He became Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1983.[1]

In retirement he became a Non-Executive Director of Radamec Group plc.[3]

Family

In 1953 he married Anne Maureen McKeown (died 11 January 2012) and they went on to have one son and one daughter.[1]

References

1. ^Debretts People of Today 1994
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=9AWE9_F7p7cC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=%22Sir+Peter+Herbert%22&source=bl&ots=iyhCPoQ6fv&sig=OJYtR5JWeXBT4vXrXOIHiBo2QTs&hl=en&ei=CBXTS8iUFIyQsAb7reUl&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=%22Sir%20Peter%20Herbert%22&f=false The Falklands conflict twenty years on: lessons for the future By Stephen Badsey, Page 87] Routledge, 2004, {{ISBN|978-0-415-35030-3}}
3. ^Radamec Group PLC
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