HMS Cumberland (F85) Knight") seized 3.6 tonnes of cocaine in the mid-Atlantic as part of an anti-drug operation. In October 2005 she intercepted and boarded a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea off Nicaragua from which they seized two tonnes of cocaine, and detained four suspects. The cocaine was estimated to have a street value of £200 million. During this time Chris Cranmer, the first registered Satanist serving in the Royal Navy, was a technician on board the vessel. On 18 May 2006 "Cumberland" escorted Dee Caffari, sailing "Aviva", across the finish-line (at Lizard Point) as she became the first woman to sail single-handedly
Alex Davison Bailey was vice-president in charge of operations and engineering. He retired in February 1, 1952 after 48 years of service. In 1942 Bailey had been awarded the Honorary Doctor of Science by the Northwestern University. Alex Davison Bailey Alex Davison Bailey (February 14, 1882 – June 18, 1968) was an American mechanical and utilities executive, who served as the 64th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1945-46. Bailey was born in what is now Salem Lakes, Wisconsin, son of Eugene M. Bailey and Caroline G. (Davison) Bailey. He obtained his BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1903