Storm Nelson, was a character in the eponymous strip in the British comic, Eagle

Eagle (comic)

Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating...

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A former officer of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, Commander Nelson owned the ship Silver Spray, part of the Silver Fleet. This fleet included at various times an amphibious motor launch and a helicopter ("Silver Hawk") - all named Silver ** as well as a small submarine ("Silver Fish").

Nelson's versatile crew included Jonah, Bash, Spanner and a ship's boy known as Kerfuffle who was working for his Master's ticket.

The fleet seemed to spend much of its time in the West Indies, visiting islands occupied by ex-British colonial peoples. They righted wrongs and confronted nasty characters who dared to threaten peaceful island communities.

The strip ran from October 1953 to March 1962. It was written and drawn by Richard Jennings

Richard Jennings (comics)

-Biography:Richard E. Jennings was born in Hampstead, England on 20 May 1921. In 1937 he won a free place to the Central School of Arts, London. After 2 years his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he served in the Air/Sea Rescue service of the Royal Air...

, with scripts for the earlier stories by Guy Morgan (under the pen name

Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...

Edward Trice).