| Chris Wreford-Brown | |
| Birth Date: | August 1945 |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1965–1996 |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Battles: | Falklands War |
| Awards: | Distinguished Service Order |
Christopher Louis Wreford-Brown DSO RN (born August 1945) is a retired British Royal Navy officer.
Wreford-Brown was captain of HM Submarine Conqueror during the Falklands War, during which Conqueror attacked and destroyed the Argentine Navy's cruiser the ARA General Belgrano. For the Falklands patrol he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He is currently the only naval officer to have commanded a nuclear submarine which has sunk a warship in war operations. When asked about the incident later, Wreford-Brown responded, "The Royal Navy spent thirteen years preparing me for such an occasion. It would have been regarded as extremely dreary if I had fouled it up."[1]
In July 1982 Wreford-Brown captained HMS Conqueror in an operation during the Cold War in the Barents Sea, where it carried out a successful clandestine sub-surface raid to capture Soviet Navy hydrophonic sonar equipment from Warsaw Pact vessels upon the high sea for technical analysis by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.[2]
Wreford-Brown became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Cornwall as well as Captain of 8th Frigate Squadron in 1988. His other commands include the diesel submarine HMS Opossum and the nuclear submarine HMS Valiant.
Wreford-Brown retired from the Royal Navy in 1995 with the rank of Captain, and was employed as a Director of Paignton Zoo in Devon until his retirement in 2010.[3]