Robert Pedre | |
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Born | Taunton, Somerset |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1996–present |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Cottesmore HMS Richmond HMS Ocean Commander Littoral Strike Group Commander United Kingdom Strike Force |
Rear Admiral Robert George Pedre (born 8 February 1975) is a senior Royal Navy officer and current Commander United Kingdom Strike Force.
Educated at Davenant Foundation School, Imperial College London [1] (BSc physics, 1996) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2016), [2] Pedre entered Britannia Royal Naval College on 18 September 1996. [3] He became commanding officer of the Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Cottesmore, deployed on counter-terrorist operations in the Irish Sea, in 2003. [4]
As executive officer on the Type 22 frigate HMS Cumberland, Pedre was involved in the evacuation of personnel from Benghazi, Libya in 2009. [1] He went on to command the Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond in 2012, [5] and the landing platform helicopter HMS Ocean in 2016. [6] Ocean served as flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 [7] and took part in Operation RUMAN (humanitarian support to the British Overseas Territories), before being decommissioned in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on 27 March 2018. [8]
Pedre went on to be Assistant Head Defence Strategy at the Ministry of Defence later in 2018, [1] Commander Littoral Strike Group in May 2020, [9] and, with promotion to rear admiral, [10] Commander United Kingdom Strike Force in September 2022. [11]