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Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

New UK Hydrographer

01 Oct 2006

Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff has been appointed UK National Hydrographer as well as as Deputy Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.  Reporting to Mike Robinson,  new Chief Executive of the UKHO, he will be responsible for the organisation’s key role within the world hydrographic community while also overseeing the Government’s own responsibilities for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency under the UN Convention of Safety of Life at Sea.

The new UK National Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Ian Mobcrieff, who has also been appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.
The new UK National Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Ian Mobcrieff, who has also been appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.

A graduate in Geography and Geology at Keele University, Ian Moncrieff is a former Commander of British Forces South Atlantic in the Falkland Islands and latterly, the Royal Navy’s Director of Communications and Information Systems and Assistant Chief of Staff to the C-in-C Fleet.  He assumes his position as National Hydrographer on 5 December.

By DAVID GOODFELLOW

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The new UK National Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Ian Mobcrieff, who has also been appointed Deputy Chief Executive of the Hydrographic Office in Taunton.

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