| The Pelican had five officers on board, and the wardroom was sufficient to serve as a conference area as well as a dining space. |
| Parrots in the wardroom, Great Danes leading errant sailors home, prone penguins, reindeer wandering around submarines. |
| Some years later Navy regulations were changed to permit wardroom and steerage officers to voluntarily form their own wine mess. |
| Lancaster is also the home of Sunny the parrot, the Royal Navy's sole sea-going mascot, who lives in the wardroom. |
| During the most recent deployment, a wardroom mess dinner was held on the flight deck, involving guests from all three services. |
| Besides her cabin, usually shared with another staff-member, the pursers had their own wardroom where they could relax and share the trials and tribulations of the day. |
