PICTURED is 20-year-old Ashley Murdoch who has recently graduated from phase two, HMS Collingwood, in Hampshire.

Ashley completed phase one last November at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall.

He was a pupil of Greenhill School, Tenby, and Pembrokeshire College before he embarked on his navy career.

After qualifying as an engineering technician, Ashley has now been assigned to HMS Cumberland, based in Plymouth.

Ashley is the son of Michelle Murdoch and Adrian Gill and brother of Finley and Aimee.