In 1948 he was one of six officers selected from the entire Indian Navy for a period of training with the British Mediterranean Fleet, where he served for three months on HMS Ocean, an aircraft carrier. In the same year he was one of the officers selected for part of the crew that proceeded to the UK to bring back the first Indian cruiser, the INS Delhi (C74), to India. Whilst in the UK awaiting the commissioning of the INS Delhi, he did a Gunnery Course in Chatham.
