Meet the Royal Navy's First Lady

Monday 21 May 2012 22:28 BST

The first woman in the Royal Navy is history to command a major warship (Reuters)

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Commander Sarah West today becomes the first woman in history to command a Royal Navy warship when she takes up her post on the Type 23 frigate HMS Portland in Rosyth. Cmdr West is pictured here aboard HMS Shoreham in October last year.

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