Huddersfield Sea cadets visited HMS Ocean when she was alongside at Sunderland. After an early start to travel to Sunderland to arrive before the ship was open to the public we arrived.
The cadets had a chance to see and handle various weapons including the SA80 Assault Rifle, GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) and Phalanx (The Ships main defence weapon system).There was a cooking demonstration about cooking on a ship and halth eating and two of our cadets, Cadet Stansfield and Cadet Park, assisted the Royal Navy Cooks making a lovely, healthy dish for everyone to try.
All the visiting cadets were talking about their day and generally buzzing about the experience all he way back to Huddersfield despite the 05:30 start.
We would like to thank Capt Betton RN, HMS Ocean and the crew for their hospitality.
