Captain David Dutton, OBE, Royal Navy


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Lieutenant Commander Adam Coles, Royal Navy

Born and educated in South West Cornwall, Adam joined Britannia Royal Naval College as a Sub Lieutenant in May 2001. His Fleet time experience was gained in HMS SOMERSET and HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE before undertaking Junior Warfare Officer training. Appointed to HMS ARGYLL in 2003 as an Officer of the Watch he undertook several towed array patrols in the North Atlantic, culminating with a 6 month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Telic. After sub-specialising in Military Hydrographic Surveying, Meteorology and Oceanography in 2005, Adam completed an initial period as an Aviation Forecaster at RNAS Yeovilton before returning to sea as the Navigating Officer of HMS ECHO in 2007. Adam navigated ECHO from the UK to the Far East and enjoyed 12 months undertaking Military Data Gathering (MDG) in the South China Seas. An exchange appointment with the Royal New Zealand Navy followed in 2009 during which he served as both the Officer in Charge of the Operational Survey Unit and the Deployable Hydrographic Survey Unit. Embarking in both HMNZS RESOLUTION and CANTERBURY Adam conducted both commercial and military surveys across New Zealand and the South Pacific. A career highlight was leading a Rapid Environment Assessment and Harbour Survey to reopen the commercially strategic Port of Lyttleton after the disastrous Christchurch earthquake in 2011. Leaving New Zealand in the summer of 2011, Adam returned to the UK to attend the HM Advanced Survey course where he gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Hydrography from the University of Plymouth. Appointed to HMS SCOTT in early 2012 as the Operations Officer, Adam undertook several challenging periods of MDG in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Oman. Recently promoted Lieutenant Commander, Adam assumed command of HMS GLEANER in Nov 13.