Navy
Award for Navy officer who turned around fortunes of stricken HMS Dauntless
The fortunes of one of the Royal Navy's most powerful warships have been turned around by the actions of an officer.
Lieutenant Commander Annabel Roberts has scooped the Most Collaborative Award in this year's Women in Defence Awards for her work returning HMS Dauntless to action following a catalogue of repair delays.
The officer joined the warship in January 2022, and her number one task was to resolve massive propulsion issues which prevented the vessel from deploying.