Lt Cdr Bob Barnes RN recalls: “Yes, I knew Trevor quite well. He was certainly one of the World’s naval gas turbine (GT) pioneers. I joined NMW at Pyestock in March 1965 where Trevor was Deputy Superintendent under Cdr Bill Baseden…. Before HMS ASHANTI, Trevor had supervised the back to back trials of the Royal Navy’s first G6 gas turbine and County gearbox….. During her first commission the G6 turbine disk failed, resulting in the re-development programme at NMW, which was nearly completed when I joined. [Trevor’s daughter, Jill, recalls: I have part of the pipe that exploded “Failure of a bellows expansion piece” that was aluminium coated and mounted as a ‘trophy’ for him by the crew, with the inscription “Burst a Thousand a Thousand Remain”, a play on words from the African Tribes’ motto isn’t it? Maybe Zulu, not Ashanti – Zulu was the 2nd ship in that class]. With their combined experience, he and Bill decided very firmly on the vigorous trials programme for evaluating subsequent naval gas turbines…. Trevor was one of the Navy’s best engineers. Like Admirals John Warsop, Bill Thomas and Eric May, he had started as an artificer (doing an apprenticeship), been promoted to Officer and did the Advanced Engineering (Dagger) Course at Greenwich. He spoke with a gruff voice in a very blunt and direct way. He was very approachable and kind; and he helped me to get started in this new world, and to understand the process of performance analysis, which I took on after he left. He was promoted and became the Deputy Fleet Marine Engineer officer helping to set up the new Fleet Technical Staff office in Portsmouth, and responsible for the new GT ships. From there he was appointed as the Commander (Engineering) of HMS FIFE, and then back to Bath from where (after retirement from the Royal Navy) he was seconded to the Brazilian Navy (I believe that Lt Cdr. Barnes meant “Argentinian” rather than “Brazillian” navy) for about 4 years to advise on building and accepting their Vosper Mk(10) frigates (should be Type 42 Destroyers from Vickers ShipBuilders). I think he would have returned to Bath and retired after that. He published three technical papers in the Journal of Naval Engineering (JNE) on: Gas Turbine Design; Failure of a bellows expansion piece; and Marine Engineering Department Employment in HMS FIFE”. (16 Jan 2018).

My Dad - clever, amazing memory (until his final years), supportive, inspiration for my career choices in science and engineering. It was important to Dad to be fair to everyone and treat us all equally. He did always 'know' he was right - and he normally was !! His amazing memory gave him a real edge when playing bridge - it didn't matter how much we gave him to drink he always counted every card and knew where they all were - my mum and dad were always the winning couple! Don and I spent many happy evenings playing bridge with mum and dad. Rest in Peace Dad love from Jill xxx