Six Royal Navy sailors who were arrested in Florida last week have been identified, as police said that one was tasered and that another lay in the road and refused to move.

The men were detained after six separate incidents last Wednesday night and in the early hours of Thursday morning in Jacksonville Beach. They were among 1,500 sailors, aircrew and Marines who descended on the coastal resort after the navy’s £3.1 billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth docked at port after her maiden transatlantic voyage.

Thomas Reffold, 28, was arrested just after midnight and charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence. According to a police report, he “appeared extremely agitated and was yelling and pushing the individual who was attempting to calm