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Senior rating from HMS Glasgow wins Herbert Lott Efficiency Award
2 April 2025
A SENIOR rating from HMS Glasgow has won a Herbert Lott Efficiency Award.
PO Dale Thomas received the award for demonstrating significant personal initiative and perseverance in delivering governance and training on the ship’s communications equipment.
HMS Glasgow, the Navy’s first Type 26 frigate, is currently undergoing fitting out alongside Type 26 No2, HMS Cardiff, at BAE Systems yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow.
PO Thomas, who was presented with the award by Captain Stuart Yates, has led numerous meetings and working groups to continue the development of training course for the CIS systems on board the ship.
He has guided the transition of new engineers into the group, enhanced the training for future weapon engineers who will serve in the Type 26 class, and ensured there were no gaps in training.
Herbert Lott was a member of the London Stock Exchange and was extremely interested in the Royal Navy and the part it played in the defence of the Commonwealth.
In 1928 he opened negotiations with the Admiralty for the creation of a Trust Fund and made an initial donation of £20,000, which he increased shortly after by another £5,000.
The Herbert Lott Naval Trust Fund was instituted in 1930 to make awards to "those who shall show marked efficiency or shall contribute in signal degree to the improvement of the appliances of the Naval and Marine Forces".
When Mr Lott died in 1948 he left the whole of the residue of his estate (over £100,000) to the Trust Fund that bears his name.