About Us

Jonathan Hill, Director, Trident Marine Ltd.

Jonathan (Jon) Hill has spent 23 years in the UK Royal Marines reaching the rank of Warrant Officer.  He has spent the last 17 years as a landing craft coxswain and specialist High Speed Craft/Boat (HSC/B) Operator, 11 years of which was spent in direct support to the UK Special Boat Service.  During this period he has gained a vast amount of knowledge in HSC operations being recognized as subject matter expert in this field.  He has presented papers at, The Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) SURV Conference, subsequently gaining Associate Membership of RINA.  He was also invited to present at the High Speed Boat Operators (HSBO) Forum 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Recognised as the leading High Speed Boat Operator’s conference.

Trident Marine has supported and presented at numerous high level conferences: 

• Dobbins, T., Hill, J., McCartan, S., (2011) Enhancing Marine Ergonomic Design Via Dogital Human Modeling. Conference Proceedings; Human Factors in Ship Design & Operation, Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) London, UK, 16-17 November 2011. 

• Dobbins, T., Harris, D., Smoker, A., Hill, J., Forsman, F., Brand, T., Dahlman, J., and Stark, J. (2010) High Speed Craft Command & Control: A Model of Navigation and crew interaction to enhance performance and safety in the harsh shock and vibration maritime environment. Conference Proceedings: NAV-10, Royal Institute of Navigation, London, UK.
   
• Hill, J., Dobbins, T. (2010) The Future Training of HSC Crew: Integrating Simulation and At-Sea Training.  Submitted for presentation at the Human Performance At Sea Conference, Glasgow, UK, June, 2010.
   
• Dobbins, T., Stark, J., Hill, J. and Daniels, S (2010) The Test Coxswain: A Toolbox, Their Training and Support to the Test & Evaluation Process.  Submitted for presentation at the Human Performance At Sea Conference, Glasgow, UK, June 2010.
   
• Hill, J., Dobbins, T. (2010) The Future of Professional Crew Training: Curriculum & Qualifications. Conference Proceedings; High Speed Boat Operators, Gothenburg, Sweden. March 2010.
   
• Hill, J., Dobbins, T. and Myers, S. (2009) Advanced High Speed Craft Coxswain Training. Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Conference Proceedings, SURV 7 – Surveillance, Search & Rescue Craft. Poole, UK. May, 2010.
   
• Dobbins, T., Myers, S. and Hill, J. (2006) Multi-axis shocks during high speed marine craft transits. Conference Proceedings; 41st UK Group Meeting on Human Response to Vibration, Farnborough, UK. 2006.
   
• Dobbins, T., Hill, J. & Chapman, J. (2005) Enhancing rib operational performance through the use of user-focused-design. Conference Proceedings; Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Rigid Inflatables. Cowes, UK. June 2005.