1959
After the war, she superintended the building of ships in Scotland and continued to serve aboard ships as second engineer. From 1959 until her retirement in 1962, she served as Chief Engineer, the first British woman to do so. Throughout her distinguished career she maintained her conviction that if you were good at something and could be of useful service, than you should be allowed to do your job. After her death in 1978, she was buried at Megginch.
Her biography, The Remarkable Life Of Victoria Drummond - Marine Engineer, was written by her niece, Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange.
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