Michael Clapp as a favorite Royal Navy captain

Which Royal Navy captain is named as a favorite despite never becoming an admiral?

Michael Clapp, who was technically a captain because commodore was then an appointment rather than a permanent Royal Navy rank.

Michael Clapp is named as a favorite captain in an answer that also clarifies Royal Navy rank practice. During the Falklands War, commodore was not yet a permanent rank in the modern sense. Clapp could therefore still technically be described as a captain while serving in a higher command appointment. The distinction gives useful institutional context for reading accounts of British amphibious command in 1982.