Officer and sailor graduation day

On 10 June the Basic Common Training intake 23/01 (49 sailors) and Junior Officer Common Training intake 23/01 (27 officers) combined for their formal graduation ceremony at Devonport Naval Base.

The best all-round BCT sailor was Ordinary Electronic Warfare Specialist Molimoli Tamale, receiving the Spencer Tewsley Cup, while the top graduating Junior Officer was Midshipman Finbar O’Flaherty, who received the Minister of Defence’s sword. The latter award is not presented if the standard isn’t high enough.

The official party included Minister of Defence Andrew Little, who had attended an army graduation earlier in the week, and both Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor and Deputy Chief of Navy Commodore Andrew Brown.