Captain Nick Tobin DSC, MA, Royal Navy (Retd) will recount the ups and downs of his ship, HMS ANTELOPE’s unique involvement in the campaign to recover the Falkland Islands in 1982, before it was tragically hit and sank, and what happened to him and his ship’s company after their return to England when an inquiry was set up to investigate the loss of his command in action.

Nicknamed the ‘Ping Pong Ball’ by the Task Force’s Flag Ship, HMS ANTELOPE assumed command of a large group of amphibious ships for most of their passage to southern latitudes.

Nick was also responsible for the safe transportation to Ascension Island not only of 180 Argentine Prisoners of War captured when British forces retook South Georgia but also the British Antarctic Survey Team, two Female cinematologists from Anglia TV and two South Georgian pintail ducks!

Tickets can be purcahsed on the night for £10, and include a drink on arrival.