Bidspirit auction | Royal Navy International Festival of

Royal Navy International Festival of the Sea at Portsmouth feat Fleet Flagship HMS Illustrious cover signed Capt R G Cooling commanding officer Naval FDC. Later Vice Admiral Cooling joined the Royal Navy in 1978.[2] He went on to command the patrol craft HMS Sandpiper and then the frigate HMS Battleaxe.[2] He became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Montrose as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 1998 and Director of Naval Staff Duties at the Ministry of Defence in 2002.[3] He went on to be Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in 2004,[4] Deputy Commander of Strike Force (South) in 2006 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in February 2008.[3] Promoted to vice admiral, he became the chief of staff to NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation at Norfolk, Virginia in July 2009 before retiring in November 2011. Single Vendor collection. Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.