UK Hydrographic Office Appoints Peter Sparkes as Chief Executive
geospatial data through international collaboration.Sparkes served in a wide variety of appointments in the Royal Navy, both at sea on operations and ashore. Notably, he commanded the frigate HMS Cumberland on counterpiracy patrol off Somalia and the U.K.’s Ice Patrol Ship, HMS Protector, in Antarctica. In addition to this, he commanded the 46 units (aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, mine-hunters, patrol vessels, and the maritime explosive ordinance disposal teams) of the Portsmouth Flotilla.Ashore, Sparkes has served in Ministry of Defense acquisition appointments and was responsible
UKHO Appoints Rear Admiral Sparkes
blue economies.Sparkes joins the UKHO as a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy. He has served previously in a wide variety of appointments, both at sea and ashore. Notably, he commanded the frigate HMS CUMBERLAND on counter-piracy patrol off Somalia and the UK’s Ice Patrol Ship, HMS PROTECTOR, in Antarctica. In addition to this, he commanded the 44 units (aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, mine-hunters, patrol vessels, and the maritime explosive ordnance disposal teams) of the Portsmouth Flotilla.Ashore, Peter Sparkes has served in Ministry of Defense acquisition appointments and was responsible
Huard Joins MSRC
experience in various fields of navigation, including conventional and azimuthally propelled vessels, ice navigation in the Arctic and Antarctic, and expeditions outside regular shipping routes. In 2017, he also participated in the Guinness record for the world's southernmost ship, the Ross Sea in Antarctica
