Navy: Training
(asked on 18th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy Leading Hands working on the Astute class submarines have completed the qualifying sea time.
This question was answered on 30th April 2019
There is no 'qualifying sea time' requirement within individual branches for a Leading Hand. All Leading Hands assigned to the first four Astute Class submarines have passed the Basic Submarine Qualification.