Andy Benford @Perisher80

Former submarine captain | #MadeInTheRoyalNavy 1968-93 | S/M 1972-93 | Designer: THEY COME UNSEEN @TheyComeUnseen |⚓️ theycomeunseen.wixsite.com/theycomeunseen Vale of the White Horse, UK Joined December 2014

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

6 months ago

@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.

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

6 months ago

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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rea…

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THEY COME UNSEEN @TheyComeUnseen

10 months ago

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

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

11 months ago

@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.

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

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

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a year ago

@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.

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

@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!

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

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

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The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog

a year ago

Our Best 3 Games with…Submarines! @danverssengames @gmtgames @OspreyGames @consimworld theplayersaid.com/2025/06/12/bes…

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

@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.

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

@remembermonday_ Brilliant performance, well done 🥳👏👏👏

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

@GrumpyNige @VeteransGovUK @AlistairCarns @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer gov.uk/government/new…

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @ColdWarPod

a year ago

NEW EPISODE - #Submerged: Life on a #FastAttack #Submarine in the Last Days of the #ColdWar Listen here 🎧coldwarconversations.com/episode398/ @Capt_Navy @USN_Submariner @IBallantyn @BelowTestDepth @RetiredSubVet1 @sovietsub @TheSubHunter1 @Perisher80

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

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

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

a year ago

@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.

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

2 years ago

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

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

2 years ago

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”

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

2 years ago

@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!

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Andy Benford @Perisher80

2 years ago

@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!