Peter Broadbent
Peter Broadbent joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old Junior Seaman. After a successful naval career, he worked in marine facilities around the world. In 2001 he moved to a mountain village in the Valencia region of Spain where, along with his wife Margaret, he started a small community magazine that, over a period of five years, grew to become one of the most popular 'revistas' on the Costa Blanca. His witty and entertaining account of his time as a Junior Seaman is told in HMS Ganges Days,...See more
Peter Broadbent joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old Junior Seaman. After a successful naval career, he worked in marine facilities around the world. In 2001 he moved to a mountain village in the Valencia region of Spain where, along with his wife Margaret, he started a small community magazine that, over a period of five years, grew to become one of the most popular 'revistas' on the Costa Blanca. His witty and entertaining account of his time as a Junior Seaman is told in HMS Ganges Days, and his coming-of-age as an Ordinary Seaman in HMS Bermuda Days. His comic novel, My Wight Little Isle, is also published by Chaplin Books. See less