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Admiral Sir John David Luce GCB, DSO, OBE (23 January 1906 - 6 January 1971) was First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy.

Naval career

David Luce joined the Royal Navy in 1919 and chose to become a submariner.
He commanded the submarines HMS H44 during 1936, HMS Rainbow from 1939 to 1940 and HMS Cachalot from 1940 to 1941.
He was Deputy Director of Plans at the Admiralty from 1948 to 1951. and then served as First Sea Lord from 1963 to 1966 when he resigned from the Royal Navy along with Navy Minister Christopher Mayhew in protest over the decision by the Labour Secretary of State for Defence, Denis Healey, to cancel the CVA-01 aircraft carrier programme.

Later career

In retirement he became President of the Royal Naval Association.

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