Peter Hudson (Royal Navy officer)

Peter Hudson

Peter Hudson (right) and Adm. Tomohisa Takei, Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (left) at the NATO Maritime Operations Centre in Northwood, England on October 10, 2015.
Born 25 June 1961 (age 54)
Manchester, United Kingdom
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1980–
Rank Vice admiral
Commands held HMS Cottesmore
HMS Norfolk
HMS Albion
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson, CB, CBE (born 25 June 1961) is a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Allied Maritime Command until October 2015.

Naval career

Educated at Netherthorpe Grammar School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Hudson joined the Royal Navy in 1980.[1] He became commanding officer of the minesweeper HMS Cottesmore in 1994 (deployed on fishery protection duties), commanding officer of the frigate Norfolk in 1996 and Fleet Operations Officer in 1998.[1] He went on to be leader of the team rationalising the regional fleet headquarters in 2000, commanding officer of the assault ship Albion in 2002, Director of Naval Resources and Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 2005 and commander of the Amphibious Task Group in 2008 (deployed as commander of the maritime Coalition Task Force in the Gulf).[1] He was appointed Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in 2009 (deployed as commander of EU maritime operations off Somalia)[2] and Chief of Staff (Capability) for the Fleet in 2011.[3]

Hudson was Commander Allied Maritime Command from February 2013[4] until October 2015.[5]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2015 New Year Honours.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 NATO Parliamentary Assembly
  2. ↑ Seek our protection from pirates, urges force commander Port Strategy, 19 February 2010
  3. ↑ Royal Navy Senior Appointments
  4. ↑ Ups and outs : October 2012 Defence Viewpoints
  5. ↑ "NATO Allied Maritime Command changes Commanders". www.mc.nato.int. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N2. 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "New Year Honours for service personnel and defence civilians 2015". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Philip Jones		 Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces
2009–2011 		Succeeded by
Duncan Potts
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