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Jonathan Tod

1939 – 2025

British Royal Navy officer

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Lived 1939 – 2025 (aged 86). Jonathan Tod was a naval officer.

Vice Admiral Sir Jonathan James Richard Tod KCB CBE (26 March 1939 – 16 September 2025) was a British Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.

Biography Tod was born on 26 March, 1939, in Pune, India. Educated at Gordonstoun and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, 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. As a captain, Tod served in the Cabinet Office during the Falklands War for which he was awarded the CBE and after that commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, succeeding Vice-Admiral Peter Woodhead, (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 RNAS Lossiemouth 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.

Tod died on 16 September 2025, at the age of 86.

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Gordonstoun
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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Who was Jonathan Tod?

British Royal Navy officer (1939–2025)

When was Jonathan Tod born?

Jonathan Tod was born on 26 March 1939.

When did Jonathan Tod die?

Jonathan Tod died on 16 September 2025.

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Jonathan Tod was a naval officer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jonathan Tod

· Wikidata: Q6274613

· DBpedia: Jonathan Tod

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