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Catherine Jordan was born on 1 October, 1974 in County Durham, England, is a Royal Navy officer. Discover Catherine Jordan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?

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1974

Commodore Catherine Jordan, LVO (born October 1974) is a senior Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Head of the Royal Navy Culture Centre.

Catherine was born in October 1974 and grew up in Easington, County Durham.

She received her education at Wellfield Community School in the nearby town of Wingate and Gordonstoun School, an independent school in Moray, Scotland.

She became interested in the Royal Navy as a teenager.

1993

Catherine joined HMS Dartmouth, also known as the Britannia Royal Naval College, in September 1993 as a University Cadet Aviator, being sponsored to study for a law degree at the University of Manchester.

1997

She completed initial fleet training on the ships HMS Broadsword, Brave and Northumberland and, after passing out from Dartmouth, she began her law degree, graduating in 1997.

She was selected for training on the Westland Lynx, qualifying on both the Lynx Mk.3 and Mk.8 as a Flight Observer under the Fleet Air Arm, an individual responsible for the navigation, communications systems and weaponry of a helicopter.

2002

In 2002 she became the first female Flight Commander in the Royal Navy and in 2022 she was one of the four Captains involved in the first time women had been in command of all four of the Royal Navy's training establishments.

Also in 2022, she led the Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

For this she was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver and became a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.

She performed two tours in the Mediterranean as part of NATO counterterrorism operations and was later appointed as the first female Flight Commander in the Royal Navy and the first Flight Commander of the newly commissioned Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans in 2002.

2003

In the build-up to the Iraq War in 2003, she regenerated and commanded Gibraltar Flight from RAF Gibraltar, performing maritime security operations in the Mediterranean due to the increased terror threat for 3 months before returning to HMS St Albans, where she completed a deployment in the Middle East under Operation Calash.

2005

After initial staff officer training, Catherine attended the Principal Warfare Officer course, which she graduated from in 2005 as top student of the year, being promoted to Lieutenant Commander.

She then completed three short tours, first as the Operations Officer for Gunnery and Surface Warfare on HMS Iron Duke, with which she took part in deployments to the Arctic Circle and the Caribbean.

Next she served with Combined Task Force 158 in Iraq, with her third tour being as Operations Officer on HMS Albion''.

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2007

In 2007 Catherine joined the Fleet Battle Staff, in which she spent the next six months as the Staff Operations Officer to the Commander of the Task Force in the Persian Gulf, the task force responsible for the protection of Iraqi oil platforms.

2010

After her selection for Sea Command, Catherine took command of HMS Severn, a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Overseas Patrol Squadron, in February 2010.

2011

In March 2011, her ship and its crew was awarded the Offshore Patrol Vessel Efficiency Trophy for their work over the preceding year. In July 2011, she took command of HMS Clyde, another River-class.

HMS Clyde was sent to the Falkland Islands to relieve the HMS Dumbarton Castle as the Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, which is where it served for the next six months.

2012

In 2012, Catherine returned to the Fleet Air Arm as part of the implementation team for the Fleet Air Arm Manpower Sustainability Project before being promoted to Commander.

On 25 December 2012, Catherine gave birth to her first child, a daughter. Since that time, she has given birth to a further two children.

2013

On 10 December 2013, she took command of HMS St Albans to regenerate the ship following refits that began in April of that year in preparation for operations in the Middle East.

2016

She has been a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, a Younger Brother of Trinity House, a Freeman of the City of London, the fundraising committee for the National Museum of the Royal Navy and has been a trustee of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust since 2016 and Vice Chair since 2018.

2017

In May 2017, Catherine was appointed as Aviation Chief of Staff, Carrier Strike & Aviation Division.

2019

In September 2019, she was appointed as Commander of the shore establishment HMS Collingwood and the Maritime Warfare School.

At some point between September 2019 and 22 July 2022, Catherine was promoted to Captain.

At that point in 2022, she and three other Captains, Captains Suzi Nielsen, Sarah Oakley, and Johanna Deakin, spoke to the Royal Navy in regards to the fact that it was the first time all four of the Royal Navy's training establishments, HMS Raleigh, HMS Dartmouth, HMS Sultan, and HMS Collingwood had been under the command of women.

Catherine said of this "The good thing about us all being in this position now, is that there’s a high probability it will happen again."

They also spoke of their pride in being able to inspire recruits and trainees at the beginning of their careers.

During the preparations for and the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Catherine was responsible for the state ceremonial team and led the Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage alongside Commander Steve Elliott, who served as her deputy during the procession; for Elliott, it was his final duty in uniform after 32 years of service.

Catherine was the most senior Royal Naval officer to take part in the procession.

On 11 October 2022, Catherine handed command of HMS Collingwood and the Maritime Warfare School to Captain Tim Davey.

On 9 January 2023, Catherine was promoted to Commodore.

For her role in the state funeral, she was honoured as a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order on the 25 March 2023 Honours List on The Demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

On May 30 2023, 142 men and women of all ranks and branches, including Catherine, were presented the Royal Victorian Medal in silver personally by King Charles III.