James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars and then, as a midshipman, served under Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Gordon became commanding officer of the 28-gun frigate which took part of a hard-fought action between three British ships and the combined forces of a
John Weale (Royal Navy officer) John Weale (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral John Stuart Weale OBE (born 14 July 1962) is a Royal Navy officer who serves as Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines and Rear Admiral Submarines. Weale was educated at St Augustine's College in Thanet, the University of Westminster and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Weale joined the Royal Navy in 1985. He became commanding officer of the submarine HMS "Trafalgar" in 1999 and then became Operations Officer in the aircraft carrier HMS "Illustrious" in 2006 in which role he took part in the evacuation of UK