She had joined the Women’s Royal Navy Service (known as the Wrens) at the age of 17 in 1961, where she was seeking adventure.

A talk by 102-year-old Manette Baillie about her life in the Wrens during the Second World War attracted a record crowd in Saxmundham.

UK warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it passed through British waters, the Royal Navy has said. Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset and minehunter HMS Cattistock, along with RFA Tidesurge ...