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Admiral Sir John Jeremy Black, GBE, KCB, DSO (17 November 1932 – 25 November 2015), known as Jeremy Black or J. J. Black, was a senior Royal Navy officer. He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War , and later served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1989 until his retirement in 1991.
As a lieutenant, the senior Royal Navy officer in the area, Black had turned two Z-lighter cargo vessels into landing craft to deliver Royal Marine commandos upriver to rescue hostages, in...
Admiral Sir John Jeremy Black, GBE, KCB, DSO (17 November 1932 – 25 November 2015), known as Jeremy Black or J. J. Black, was a senior Royal Navy officer. He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War, and later served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1989 until his retirement in 1991.
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Dec 17, 2015 · 17th December 2015 at 2:45pm. The man who commanded HMS Invincible during the Falklands War has died at the age of 83. Admiral Sir Jeremy Black captained the aircraft carrier in 1982 as the ship was sent to the South Atlantic to help in the fight to recapture the Islands from the Argentinian Junta. At the time of the conflict the then Captain ...
Admiral Sir John Jeremy Black, GBE, KCB, DSO (born 17 November 1932[2]), known as Jeremy Black or J. J. Black, is a British Royal Navy admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1989 to 1991. Jeremy Black was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and saw service in...
Dec 1, 2015 · Popular naval officer who commanded the aircraft carrier Invincible during the Falklands conflict
Mar 23, 2016 · Admiral Sir Jeremy Black, who died in November aged 83, was remembered in a service in Winchester Cathedral. Sir Jeremy was one of the Royal Navy ’s most highly decorated and popular...
