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Commander
Nigel MacCartan-Ward
DSC AFC
Birth name
Nigel David Ward
Nickname(s)
"Sharkey"
Born
(1943-09-22)22 September 1943 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Died
17 May 2024(2024-05-17) (aged 80) Grenada
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1962–1985
Rank
Commander
Unit
Fleet Air Arm
Commands held
700A Sea Harrier Intensive Flying Trials Unit, 899 Naval Air Squadron, 801 Naval Air Squadron
Battles/wars
Falklands War
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross Air Force Cross
Website
Official website
Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" MacCartan-Ward, DSC, AFC (born Nigel David Ward, 1943–2024) was a Royal Navy officer who introduced the Sea Harrier aircraft to service with the Fleet Air Arm and commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron during the Falklands War. His nickname of "Sharkey" is traditional for anyone called Ward in the navy, after the Barbary corsair Jack Ward.[1]
^Robson, Martin (2008), Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage, Conway, p. 144, ISBN 978-1-84486-073-9
Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" MacCartan-Ward, DSC, AFC (born Nigel David Ward, 1943–2024) was a Royal Navy officer who introduced the Sea Harrier aircraft...
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from 899 NAS and was under the command of Lieutenant Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward. On 18 May a further four pilots of 809 NAS transfer to the squadron...
when 801 Naval Air Squadron, under the command of Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward, was commissioned and went to sea aboard HMS Invincible. Previously...
the Falklands. New York: Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-51363-0. Nigel "Sharkey" Ward (1992). Sea Harrier over the Falklands. Cassell Military Paperbacks...
FRS.1 XZ451 of 700A Squadron) flown by Lieutenant Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward, which landed (and later took off) vertically, on the adjacent BBC Social...
and mercenary "Shanks" – Nathan G. Evans, Confederate general "Sharkey" – Nigel Ward, Royal Navy fighter pilot during the Falklands War and author. "Shen...
condition of the airfield and the success of their raids. Commander Nigel (Sharkey) Ward, the commander of 801 NAS, who flew a Sea Harrier to protect Black Buck...
aviator to command the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward (1943–): commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron during the 1982 Falklands...
Warburton 1965 Former MP (2015–2023), composer and businessman Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward DSC, AFC 1943 Former Royal Navy officer and fighter pilot who commanded...
that his nickname was "Sharkey" and was the origin of this nickname, now given to anyone in the Royal Navy with the surname "Ward". Numerous TV series and...
forces in the Falklands War. Penguin books, p. 239. ISBN 0-14-010767-3 SharkeyWard (1992). Sea Harrier over the Falklands: a maverick at war. Leo Cooper...
larger wards each electing three or four councillors (depending on population size), which in Renfrewshire resulted in the creation of 11 wards, still...
Extra at a Roadhouse Table (uncredited) Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) as Sharkey Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Jimmy They Came to Blow Up America (1943)...
The 6th Duke of Westminster (1951–2016) – peer and major landowner. Pat Sharkey (born 1953) – Ipswich Town F.C. and Northern Irish football player in the...
Ward Kirby Horton (born January 14, 1976) is an American actor and stunt person. He is known for playing John Form in Annabelle. In the fall of 2018, he...
Dowding, James 'Jimmy' Doolittle, Sir Keith Park, Ira Eaker, Nigel 'Sharkey' Ward) 395 Racer (Lyle Shelton, Skip Holm, Pete Law & Bruce Boland, Darryl...
his reputation suffered irreparably when he refereed the Fitzsimmons vs. Sharkey boxing match and called a foul, which led many to believe he fixed the...
written by Joe Sharkey. The case was featured on a 2016 episode of the Investigation Discovery series Betrayed. A film adaptation of the Sharkey book, also...
B.; Alpert, G.; Naskrecki, S.; Ward, P. (2007). A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World 1758–2005. Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification...
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