Martin Alabaster Martin Alabaster Rear Admiral Martin Brian Alabaster CBE (born 10 August 1958) is a retired senior officer in the British Royal Navy. Alabaster spent his early years in Devon, Pembrokeshire and Hampshire but for the majority of his upbringing lived in south London. There, he attended Dulwich College. He later joined the Royal Navy and entered Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, at the rank of Midshipman in January 1977. Martin completed his Naval General Training, and then went up to Queens’ College, Cambridge to read Engineering. Alabaster took up his first sea appointment as the Weapons Section Officer in
Royal Swedish Naval Staff College added. Only the coastal artillery course included physics. In higher education courses, special subjects were included, and in some of the general course subjects. In 1926 there were teachers in 18 subjects. As students, the Navy's subaltern officers were commanded in turn; an entry qualification was not needed. The Royal Swedish Naval Staff College was discontinued in 1961 and the Royal Swedish Armed Forces Staff College was formed by merging war colleges of the different military branches, namely the Royal Swedish Army Staff College (established 1878), the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College (established 1898) and the Royal Swedish Air Force