IO Specialisation Timeline (1988-1996) |
| 1988: | WRNS Superintendent Julia Simpson became the first woman IO to reach the rank of Captain Royal Navy. Joining the WRNS at HMS Dauntless in 1963 and specialising in meteorology and Information Systems, Captain Simpson also became Chief Naval Officer for Women (CNOW) in 1996. |
| 1994: | Navy Board recommended a Platform Derived Structure for the Officer Corps. The Instructor Specialisation to be disbanded. |
| 1996: | The Instructor Specialisation ceased to exist on 5 July 1996. Those serving at the time were reclassified as either Executive (Meteorology and Oceanography) [X(METOC)], Engineering (Training Management) [E(TM)], or Engineering (Information Systems) [E(IS)]. |
| [Compiled by Michael J. Channon OBE, Michael S. Rose and John Nixon (2020) for the RNIOA website] |
| References: |
- Abram T. & Binks P. 'Not Just Chalk and Talk: Stories of Schoolies in the Royal Navy'. (published in 2013, ISBN 978 1902838 52 6)
- Hart, K. 'The Development of Naval Education'. (see website)
- Stein, G.M. 'Schoolies: Teachers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines 1700-1914'. (see website)
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