UKHO boss

[zoidberg]

Seems this is what he drives.

Watch for him on the M5....

 

[KevinV]

Well that's tasteful

 

[veshengro]

Black and yellow, nice, same colours as my old Reliant Supervan 3

 

[penfold]

Have they been embezzling the tea kitty?

 

[Supine Being]

Have they been embezzling the tea kitty?

I suspect there'd be no need. I reckon most commodores in the Royal Navy started life sucking down on a silver spoon. Still, nice to see him navigating through his mid-life crisis so gracefully.

 

[capnsensible]

I suspect there'd be no need. I reckon most commodores in the Royal Navy started life sucking down on a silver spoon. Still, nice to see him navigating through his mid-life crisis so gracefully.

When I joined HMS Fisgard as an RN Apprentice, the eight training divisions were named after men who joined as Artificers and retired as Admirals.

 

[ChromeDome]

Seems this is what he drives.

Watch for him on the M5....

Just perfect for alternating between queuing and flying off at 60

 

[Supine Being]

When I joined HMS Fisgard as an RN Apprentice, the eight training divisions were named after men who joined as Artificers and retired as Admirals.

It therefore seems as though it was unusual enough to be noteworthy.

 

[dunedin]

That’s why he had to get rid of UKHO Small Craft Folios, and trying to get of paper charts, to save costs - to fund the company car?

PS Any true storyline to the photo?

 

[Chiara’s slave]

It therefore seems as though it was unusual enough to be noteworthy.

All the same, it’s well known to be possible. It’s extremely rare in the other services

 

[Supine Being]

All the same, it’s well known to be possible. It’s extremely rare in the other services

I didn't say it was impossible.

 

[mainsail1]

I thought this was a photo of the guy leaving the job as Commander RN strike force? What has that got to do with UKHO? or is he moving there now?

 

[PeterV]

There’s a good naval saying ‘don’t spoil a good dit with the truth!’

 

[zoidberg]

I thought this was a photo of the guy leaving the job as Commander RN strike force? What has that got to do with UKHO? or is he moving there now?

It's my understanding he's swopping one job for another. As they do.
And getting his hands on a rather fine - if not 'exotic' - car in the process.
Good on him!

 

[Pump-Out]

My guess:

In the RN of Nelson and later the tradition was that a senior officer leaving a ship (especially a Flag Officer) would be rowed ashore by his officers. This created a tradition of celebrating the departure of a CO.

Today many officers command shore establishments and the opportunity for being ceremoniously rowed ashore has all but evaporated - that and the RN not having rowing cutters spread about as in the past!

So, in order to recognise the tradition establishments now look for modern variations of reflecting the tradition, and use imagination to find new ways to "see the old man ashore".

So, my guess: is that there was a collection from the ship's company to hire that car for the day so said officer could be "rowed ashore" in style.

 

[dunedin]

So is this about the current UKHO CEO Peter Sparkes ( in which case very old news as left last naval role before 2020) or is this a different one?

 

[mainsail1]

I think this was Commodore Essenhigh who left the most senior RN sea going job recently.

 

[Never Grumble]

I think this was Commodore Essenhigh who left the most senior RN sea going job recently.

It was ... you know your are getting old when you remember his father visiting a ship you were on.

 

[Birdseye]

I think this was Commodore Essenhigh who left the most senior RN sea going job recently.

which I guess means that none of the 39 admirals in the RN are sea going. Mind you do we have enough ships to allocate them one each anyway.

 

[capnsensible]

which I guess means that none of the 39 admirals in the RN are sea going. Mind you do we have enough ships to allocate them one each anyway.

Does the Royal Navy Have More Admirals Than Ships?