We have been informed that Peter Gearing who served as an ERA in Lowestoft 'crossed the bar' on the 28th of May 2022 at the age of 82 in Florida USA.
Pete joined the RN as an Articifer Apprentice in 1955 and served in HMS Forth, Hermes and Lowestoft before joining submarines where he served in Odin, Osiris and Superb retiring from the RN in 1988 and settling in the USA.

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