Bristol University Royal Naval Unit (URNU)

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Meet the URNU team

Commanding Officer

Lt Steph Sheppard RN

Royal Navy commissioned in 2013
Warfare Officer and qualified Navigator
Majority of career deployed on T23 Frigates in the UK and the Gulf as a Bridge Watchkeeper
Navigating Officer of HMS FORTH – the first ship in the new Offshore Patrol Vessel Class. Deployed to the Falklands and South Atlantic
Employed as a Navigation Instructor prior to joining the URNU as CO

Coxswain

CPO Troye Funnel

Joined the Royal Navy in 1988
Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialist
Trained as a Chief Instructor and Divisional Officer in Damage Repair Instructional Unit and FOSTs ASW unit

Senior Training Officer

Lt. Chris Cameron RNR

Completed 25 years at Bristol URNU (15 years as Senior Training Officer)
Served 6 years with the Gordon Highlanders as an infantry soldier
After spending 17 years teaching science, he began a new post as electronics lecturer for the Defence College of Technical Training.

Unit Admin Officer

Mrs Victoria Henniker-Heaton

Joined Bristol & Wales URNU in February 2020
Responsible for the administration of the Unit
Previously worked in Hotel Management & Conference Offices in London and Bristol

URNU Bristol

How to get there

Bristol URNU

Address

HMS Flying Fox
Winterstoke Road,
Bristol,
BS3 2NS

Telephone

0117 966 8667 Ext 2177

Contact the URNU team to find out more