QE2 Captains

All the captains that have sailed in command of QE2 and the date of their first appointment.

Commodore W. E. Warwick, CBE, RD, RNR
23 November 1968
WEW
Captain G. E. Smith*
12 June 1969
GES
Captain F. J. Storey*, RD, RNR
17 October 1969
FJS
Captain J. E. Woolfenden*, DSC, RD, RNR
8 May 1970
JEW
Captain W. J. Law, RD, RNR
19 June 1970
WJL
Captain M. Hehir
3 June 1971
MH
Captain P. Jackson
6 August 1973
PJ
Captain R. H. Arnott, RD, RNR
22 May 1976
RHA
Captain L. R. W. Portet, RD, Cdr RNR
13 April 1977
LRP
Commodore T. D. Ridley*, RD, Captain RNR
26 August 1978
TDR
Captain A. J. Hutcheson*, RNR
13 March 1982
LRP
Captain R. Wadsworth*
15 May 1983
RW
Captain K. H. Stanley*
9 April 1984
KHS
Captain A. C. Bennell, RD, RNR
10 July 1987
ACB
Captain R. A. Woodall, RD, RNR
1 November 1987
RAW
Commodore J. Burton-Hall, RD, Cdr RNR
7 March 1990
JBH
Captain R. W. Warwick, Lt Cdr RNR, FNI
26 July 1990
Bio
RWW
Captain L. R. Hasell
12 April 1997
LRH
Captain P. Wright
22 August 1999
Bio
PFW
Captain G. R. Heath*
29 August 2001
RH
Captain I. McNaught
17 April 2003
IMN
Captain N. Bates
18 September 2004
Bio
NB
Captain P. Russell
14 March 2005
PR
Captain C. Rynd FNI
18 July 2005
Bio
Rynd
Captain D. W. Perkins
19 May 2006
DP

* Denotes captains who sailed as relief to the permanent captain on one or more voyages.