Naval Base Commander Clyde

Mike Wareham joined the Royal Navy in 1982.  After initial training at BRNC Dartmouth, he read for an honours degree in Marine Engineering at the RN Engineering College at Manadon, Plymouth, specialising as a submarine Marine Engineer Officer.  On completion of the Nuclear Reactor Course at RNC Greenwich in 1988, he served in HMS REPULSE (Starboard) as Assistant MEO until 1992, when he returned to RNC Greenwich first for the Initial Staff Course and subsequently to study for a MSc in Reactor Engineering.  Following an appointment to HMS SULTAN as Apprentices Training Officer, he returned to sea as Deputy MEO of HMS TRIUMPH in 1996 before joining the Director of Nuclear Propulsion at Abbey Wood in the Current Class Safety Section, SM607.   

Following promotion to Commander in 1999, he worked in the Naval Bases and Supply Agency at Ensleigh, where he dealt with a range of nuclear issues including the Shiplift Staged Improvement Programme, before moving to Foxhill following the formation of the Warship Support Agency.  His next appointment was in MoD Main Building, in Resources and Plans (Centre), where he dealt with the DLO programme and the WSA Short Term Plan.  He returned to the Nuclear Propulsion Team in Abbey Wood in 2004 as Head of Primary System Mechanical Projects.   

Selected for promotion to Captain in 2005, he joined HM Naval Base Clyde as Director of Safety Assurance, remaining at Clyde as Superintendent Fleet Maintenance until early 2008 when he returned to Main Building in a tri-Service post as Deputy Director Defence Resources and Plans dealing with defence-wide programming issues.  He returned to Abbey Wood in late 2009 as Head of Programmes in the In-Service Submarines Project Team.   

Following promotion to Commodore in January 2011, he returned to Clyde as Naval Base Commander.   

Mike is married to Dymarius, a chartered civil engineer, and they have 2 children, Carys aged 7 and Daniel aged 5.