John Clink

John Clink
Clink (right) in Gibraltar
Born	18 February 1964 (age 52)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Archer HMS Kent HMS Ark Royal British Forces Gibraltar Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Rear Admiral John Robert Hamilton Clink OBE (born 18 February 1964) is a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Sea Training in 2015.

Naval career

Clink was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and King's College London (MA International Security and Strategy, 2012).^[1] He became commanding officer of the Aberdeen University Royal Naval Unit and its patrol boat HMS Archer in 1991, commanding officer of the frigate HMS Kent in 1998^[2] and commanding officer of HMS Ark Royal in July 2008 before becoming Deputy Commander UK Maritime Forces in June 2011.^[3] In the latter role he commanded Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval task force working under a 25 nation coalition of Combined Maritime Forces based in Bahrain.^[3] He went on to be Commander British Forces Gibraltar in November 2012, Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in the rank of rear admiral in August 2014^[4] and Flag Officer Sea Training in 2015.^[5]

Clink was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002.^[6]

References

1. ‘Clink, Rear Admiral John Robert Hamilton’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015
2. "Rear Admiral John Clink OBE". Anti-Submarine Warfare Instructors' Association. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
3. "Commodore John Clink is new CPF". Gibraltar Chronicle. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
4. Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie
5. "Naval Base Clyde welcomes new senior naval officer". Navy News. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56734. p. 4. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2014.