Lieutenant Roger Skelley RN RANK:Lieutenant JOINED:2005 SPECIALISATION:Warfare PREVIOUS UNITS:HMS Argyll, Shoreham, Pembroke, Penzance, Monmouth. Born on the Isle of Wight, Roger Skelley read Marine Navigation at Plymouth University before joining the Royal Navy in 2005. On completion of training at Britannia Royal Naval College and a further year of training at sea he joined Mine Counter Measure Squadron 1 Crew 5 in HMS Penzance, a Sandown Class Mine Hunter as the Navigating Officer. After completing Operational Sea Training he deployed to the Arabian Gulf in HMS Pembroke which included navigating to Um Qasar, Iraq and other Operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Returning to the UK the crew transferred to HMS Shoreham in 2009 for a year of UK commitments which included weapon trials, navigation training and shakedown. Joining the Type 23 Frigate HMS Argyll in 2010 as the Signals and Communications Officer he helped bring her out of refit before an intensive period of trials, exercises and sea training as well as a short spell away from the Ship to complete Fleet Navigating Officer’s Course. HMS Argyll deployed to the Arabian Gulf in 2011 as part of Operation Kipion for a period maritime security operations including several periods of Coalition exercises. On returning to the UK in early 2012 he assumed duties as Navigating Officer of HMS Argyll for a period of further sea training before deploying to the South Atlantic. The challenging South Atlantic deployment included navigating through ice off South Georgia, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn and transiting the Panama Canal. On returning to the UK he took command of HMS Dasher and Bristol University Royal Naval unit in November 2013. .