Affiliation visit to HMS PRINCE OF WALES

Just days before HMS PRINCE OF WALES is scheduled to commence sea trials, a delegation of the Bristol Affiliation to the aircraft carrier presented the Commanding Officer Captain Darren Houston with some important materials for the ship.  Mrs Peaches Golding OBE and Honorary Captain RNR, together with Stephen Parsons DL Chair of the Affiliation and Roger Proctor and Toni Bailey from Proctor + Stevenson made the journey to Portsmouth Naval Base.  The Bristol Affiliation presented the Captain with a set of crockery for use in the Flag Dining Room, the location where important visitors to the ship may be dined, and he kindly invited the delegation to join him at lunch.  The delegation also presented framed photographs of iconic sites in Bristol to adorn the walls of The Bristol Suite, the set of compartments where dignitaries might stay overnight on the aircraft carrier.  ’The highlight of our visit was watching from the 'Flight Control' the landing of the first Merlin helicopter on board this year,’ explains Peaches.  ‘As she starts her sea trials next week, we wish her following seas and a fair wind.’