Royal Navy deputy chief in town

July 06, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:38 am IST - Kochi:

Vice-Admiral A.R. Karve (right), FOC-in-C, Southern Naval Command, and Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, deputy chief of the Royal Navy, exchanging crests in Kochi on Tuesday.

Vice-Admiral A.R. Karve (right), FOC-in-C, Southern Naval Command, and Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, deputy chief of the Royal Navy, exchanging crests in Kochi on Tuesday.

Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Royal Navy, is on a two-day visit to Kochi. The Vice-Admiral was in Delhi prior to this.

At the Southern Naval Command in the city, Vice-Admiral Woodcock held discussions with Vice-Admiral A.R. Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Command, and Rear Admiral S.K. Grewal, Flag Officer Sea Training.

Vice-Admiral Woodcock was accompanied by Resident Naval and Air Advisor of the British High Commission in India Captain Stuart Borland and Surgeon Lt. Sophie Hawkins. Vice-Admiral Woodcock is slated to visit the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology and have an interaction with the naval workup team.

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