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Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, KCB, OBE (28 February 1929 – 3 May 2019) was a 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.
LOOK AT THE SUPRB OBIT ONLINE AT SEARCH ++Admiral Sir Peter Herbert obituary
background HMS VALIANT The sixth and most recent HMS Valiant was the second of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the first of the two-unit Valiant class.
Construction
She was ordered on 31 August 1960 and laid down 22 January 1962 at Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness.[ The basic design concept was to use the forward design of Dreadnought together with an aft end consisting of all British nuclear machinery based on the Dounreay prototype.[]
She was launched on 3 December 1963 by Lady Thorneycroft, and finally entered service 18 July 1966.
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KING AND QUEEN OF APGHANISTAN FLEE FROM REFUGEERS.
The King and Queen of Afghanistan have had to take refuge in a Fortress near Kabul, owing to the Afghan Army, which has been guarding the Capital, also revolting against them. The Rebels which have been fighting in the adjoing towns to Kubul, have now attacked the Afghan Capital, and serious fighting is afpot. King manulla nullaks The attemp i lution the outcome of to ridermise tue country after We stem, ideas su such a as, the wen mus have one wife, and women should in future be unveiled So serious is the fighting that anxiety is felt for Roman residents at Kabul., and aeroplanes are now be cepared to relieve ocasion ari sh Legation should the the British De Wireless and all other ise. boon en stop oppau, boin ing enf nforced. munications ha mary arrests made, and the curfew order is
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