- Sarah West
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Sarah West Born 1972
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, EnglandAllegiance 
United KingdomService/branch Royal Navy Years of service 1995–Present Rank Lieutenant-Commander Lieutenant-Commander Sarah West (born 1972) is a British Royal Navy officer, notable as the first woman to be appointed to command a frigate in the Royal Navy.
She was born in Lincolnshire and studied mathematics at the University of Hertfordshire before entering Britannia Royal Naval College in 1995. She joined the Royal Navy as a warfare officer. She also took a law degree whilst on active service in the Middle East and is an expert in large-scale naval planning, mine clearance, weapons-systems and underwater warfare. She was trained on HMS Battleaxe and later commanded four small ships, including the minesweeper HMS Shoreham. She has also worked on the co-ordination and logistics of the evacuation of UK citizens during the 2006 Lebanon War, naval operations at the time of the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence and the British naval contribution to the Iraq War. She is to be promoted Commander at the end of 2011 and in April 2012 will assume command of the frigate HMS Portland.[citation needed]
References
- Wainwright, Martin (8 August 2011). "Royal Navy appoints first female warship commander". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/royal-navy-first-female-commander. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- "Royal Navy appoints first woman warship commander". BBC News (BBC). 8 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14451761. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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