Sarah Breton, 45, from Essex, has been appointed as Captain of the 1,200 P&O cruise ship Artemis. As such she is the first female captain in P&O’s 173 year history and the first female captain of a cruise ship in Britain.
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This is a very encouraging development. I’m just wondering why it took 173 years for P&O Cruises to appoint its first female ship master. Congratulations to Captain Breton. May her tribe increase.