Pippa Duncan was a captain in the Royal Navy, and an officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). In 1990, she became the first woman to command a Royal Navy shore establishment, other than the WRNS training facility.
Pippa Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Women's Royal Naval Service (1966–1993) Royal Navy (1993–?) |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | HMS Warrior |
Naval career
editPippa Duncan joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1966, and was commissioned as an officer in 1969. While as a Chief Officer in the WRNS (equivalent to a Commander in the Royal Navy), she was named as the commanding officer of the shore establishment HMS Warrior in Northwood, Middlesex. This made her the first woman, and first WRNS officer, to command a Royal Navy shore establishment other than the WRNS training establishment HMS Dauntless.[1][2]
Following the merger of the WRNS into the Royal Navy in 1993,[3] she became the Chief Naval Officer for Woman in 1997,[4] while also being the Naval Representative for NAAFI.[5] She competed for the Navy in golf, winning the interservice title in 1997, defeating the British Army and Royal Air Force teams with a deciding putt at a golf course in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[6]
References
edit- ^ Stuart Mason, Ursula (2011). Britannia's Daughters. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84884-678-4.
- ^ "Pipping Rest to Post". Navy News. March 1990. p. 11 – via issuu.
- ^ "History". Association of WRENS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Requiem for ten Wrens". Navy News. February 1997. p. 37 – via issuu.
- ^ "Food contracts lost, but Naafi fights back". Navy News. March 1997. p. 3 – via issuu.
- ^ "Lady golfers swing a decisive victory". Navy News. October 1997. p. 38 – via issuu.