13 Facts About Carolyn Stait

Commodore Carolyn Jane Stait, was born on 14 April 1957 and is a retired senior officer of the Royal Navy.

Carolyn Stait was born in Birmingham, the daughter of physicist Harold Carolyn Stait and Kathleen.

Carolyn Stait attended King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, leaving in 1975 with four A Levels.

Carolyn Stait joined the Royal Navy intending to use the career as a route into the diplomatic service, later embracing a lifetime naval career instead.

In interviews during 2004 Carolyn Stait said that she had a boyfriend who worked as an independent travel writer.

Carolyn Stait began her naval career in 1975 as a Cadet Wren, working as a weapons analyst at the Culdrose facility in Cornwall.

Carolyn Stait passed out of officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1977 and was appointed a probationary third officer on 26 July, taking up a post as an admiral's personal assistant.

Carolyn Stait was promoted second officer on 1 April 1980, and proceeded to posts in the Ministry of Defence and as Flag Lieutenant in Gibraltar.

Carolyn Stait was promoted first officer on 1 April 1988, before attending the Staff Course in 1989.

Carolyn Stait was promoted commander in 1995, and spent a first two-year period at Faslane as the executive officer of HMS Neptune at HMNB Clyde.

Carolyn Stait was promoted captain on 31 December 1998, and appointed Personal Staff Officer to the Second Sea Lord in HMNB Portsmouth.

Carolyn Stait stood down as base commander at Faslane in autumn 2007, and was succeeded by Commodore Christopher Hockley.

Carolyn Stait was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours.