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HMS Queen Elizabeth being launched in July 2014

Commodore Jerry Kyd is a Royal Navy officer who is the captain of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.[1][2] He is the former captain of HMS Ark Royal[3] and HMS Illustrious and the former commanding officer of Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.[4][5]

Kyd was educated at Southampton University.

Personal life

Kyd is married to Karen, a medical practitioner. They have four sons.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Royal Navy Appoints first captain of HMS Queen Elizabeth". Royal Navy. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. ^ First captain of Navy’s new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth announced. Navy News, 27 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ^ Captain: HMS Queen Elizabeth is ‘the start of a new era of British sea power’. Sam Bannister, The News, 3 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ Captain Jerry Kyd - Commodore Britannia Royal Naval College 2012-2014. By The Dart, December 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ^ Jerry takes his final salute at college. Herald Express, 20 February 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ^ Captain J KYD Royal Navy. Xavier Courbey, European Naval Academies, 10 May 2011, updated 2 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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