Portland Branch RNA had the privelege and honour to be invited to the Rededication Ceremony of their adopted ship HMS Portland, which had to held in HMS Drake due to maintenance work being carried out onboard. The Commanding Officer is the first female officer to take command of a front line warship, which made the event very memorable indeed.
The picture shows from left to right, S/M Alex Oswald(Chairman), S/M Dick Barton( President), Commander Sarah West( Commanding Officer HMS
Portland) and S/M Pete Shoesmith( Treasurer).