Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Donald Gosling, KCVO KStJ (2 March 1929 – 16 September 2019) was an honorary British vice admiral, Chairman of National Car Parks, and benefactor to naval charities.
Gosling joined the Royal Navy in 1944 during World War II and served in the Mediterranean in the cruiser HMS Leander.
[1] Gosling became a trustee of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton in 1974 and vice-president of Seafarers UK in 1993.
[5] In 1998 during the Kosovo War, Gosling arranged a rendezvous with the submarine HMS Splendid aboard his motor yacht Leander G to provide the men on board with fresh stores and allow them a few hours aboard the yacht in order to shower and rest.
[7] Gosling was knighted in the 1976 Resignation Honours List[8] and appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and the Outward Bound Trust.