Andy Benford

Former submarine captain | #MadeInTheRoyalNavy 1968-93 | S/M 1972-93 | Designer: THEY COME UNSEEN @TheyComeUnseen |⚓️

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@DaveWi11is Noiser have done a good job with the podcast 👍🏻. We could see into the cockpit from the cabin - no ladder required! That looks so different but not surprising after 50+ years of development; like comparing a Cessna to an Airbus.

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

On 4th March 1972 my brother Tim and I were onboard the fateful SR.N6 hovercraft service that day from the Isle of Wight. This new podcast from Noiser Ltd dramatises our experience. https://t.co/Jk3gQ6BVDk

[THEY COME UNSEEN @TheyComeUnseen]

It’s been 10 years! THEY COME UNSEEN published on 20th October 2015 by @OspreyGames #TheyComeUnseen #tabletopgames

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@Bert_Plumswang When launched HMS M2 had a 12-inch gun turret like her sister vessels, but this was removed and replaced with the hangar for the seaplane.

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

As it reaches nearly 10 years since publication, it’s great to hear that gamers are still discovering #TheyComeUnseen by @OspreyGames and enjoying it, and perhaps picking up something about #submarine ops along the way #DBF #tabletopgaming #BGG

[Mervyn (Scotsoats) D 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dooger1967]

@TheyComeUnseen First “learning” game last night…having watched a couple of videos on BGG much easier to learn than expected…very challenging though - those mines are deadly. Actually, everything is deadly! Smashing game.

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@dooger1967 @TheyComeUnseen Thanks for the post; glad you’re enjoying TCU! To add more destruction, try the ‘Torpedo Attack’ rule. It only took about 50 years to appear after I had thought it would be impossible to achieve (rule detail at the TCU website). TCU’s development has been famously slow!

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@WujRajmund @playersaidblog @danverssengames @gmtgames @OspreyGames @consimworld Perhaps … but the only game play-tested deep below the waves ONBOARD a submarine is …

[The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog]

Our Best 3 Games with…Submarines! @danverssengames @gmtgames @OspreyGames @consimworld https://t.co/ClanRhTU5H

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@ColdWarPod @Capt_Navy @USN_Submariner @IBallantyn @BelowTestDepth @RetiredSubVet1 @sovietsub @TheSubHunter1 A very interesting podcast. Always good to hear the experiences of submariners from other nations; Henry certainly crammed a lot into his three years of submarine service in the USN.

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@remembermonday_ Brilliant performance, well done 🥳👏👏👏

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@GrumpyNige @VeteransGovUK @AlistairCarns @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer https://t.co/tyar64XAIF

[Cold War Conversations Podcast @ColdWarPod]

NEW EPISODE - #Submerged: Life on a #FastAttack #Submarine in the Last Days of the #ColdWar

Listen here 🎧https://t.co/KL4T5g0Rin

@Capt_Navy @USN_Submariner @IBallantyn @BelowTestDepth @RetiredSubVet1 @sovietsub @TheSubHunter1 @Perisher80

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

A little late afternoon 🎸noodle using the latest excellent addition to my BOSS pedalboard: the BOSS RV-6 Reverb pedal in the ‘Modulate’ position. #ANDERTONSMADEMEDOIT

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@NavyLookout I was the Sonar Officer & a watch leader for this op: Agile Eagle. We were all pretty new to the brave new world of towed arrays so Richard Farnfield’s achievement was all the more impressive, & yet he was the most modest of men. A great leader & outstanding submariner. RIP.

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

Excellent book @IBallantyn
Staggering resourcefulness, determination & bravery. I can’t imagine being so inured to death and to the chance of dying while trying to function amid the chaos and fog of war on land. Heroes all. #Arnhem #WW2 #LestWeForget

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

HMS Finwhale (S05) at anchor off Pulau Aur in early 1970. She was part of the 7th Submarine Squadron based in Singapore at the submarine depot ship HMS Forth. I was attached to her in my Midshipman year. My current Bluesky account profile photograph “@perisher80.bsky.social”

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@benmassey3 Haha. Yes, I think I can confirm that. Seems I could function better without any 3-year olds plus around - and when I was 40+ years younger!

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@benmassey3 Looks like I deleted my reply and your response to that reply which I didn’t know was possible. Moral: don’t let a 3 year old distract you!

[Andy Benford @Perisher80]

@benmassey3 Just had a nightmare while posting a reply with number two grandson at my shoulder resulting in an unintentional deletion of a tweet 😳😃