Type 23 Frigate Hms Portland

A woman will command a warship for the first time in Britain's 500-year-old naval history, a media report said on Monday. Thirty-nine-year-old Lieutenant Commander Sarah West will take control of the Type 23 frigate HMS Portland. The vessel has 185 crew members, mostly male.

A woman will command a warship for the first time in Britain's 500-year-old naval history, a media report said on Monday. Thirty-nine-year-old Lieutenant Commander Sarah West will take control of the Type 23 frigate HMS Portland. The vessel has 185 crew members, mostly male.