Andrew Leachman NZAM (6 April 1945 – 16 September 2017) was a master mariner with more than 55 years of seagoing experience.

[4] Leachman began his maritime career as a 15-year-old galley boy on a trawler working on boats fishing off the Labrador coast.

Ten days later the captain of the James Cook went on leave and Leachman, then aged 27, had to take over command of the ship.

[11] In 2011, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) planned to invest in two new 85 m 1900-tonne ships to venture into the Southern Ocean to combat illegal fishing.

[14] Besides jazz, his interests included olive growing, cycling and the Antarctic explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton as well as other members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.