ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, April 17th, 2012 -- RFA FORT ROSALIE has been deployed in the Caribbean on the Royal Navy’s Atlantic Patrol Tasking (North), the UK’s year round commitment to the region, since the middle of December 2011.
Her main duties are to provide assurance and support to the UK’s Overseas Territories, particularly in response to disasters, maintain a presence in the area championing UK government objectives conducting counter narcotics trafficking patrols in conjunction with US and other international forces.
In January she visited Grenada to support the UKs Caribbean Forum, in early February she visited Veracruz in Mexico and later in the month carried the Earl and Countess of Wessex representing Her Majesty the Queen, on a Diamond Jubilee Tour of the Windward and Leeward Islands, for almost two weeks.
In between these periods she embarked a USCG Law Enforcement Detachment, detecting, distracting and disrupting illegal narcotics trafficking throughout the region. She has recently completed a maintenance period in Freeport Grand Bahama and refreshed her core skills with a short, staff covered training period to maintain her high state of operational readiness.
The ship remains poised to assist with Disaster Management, Command and Control with extensive Emergency Relief Stores held on board. The ship can send ashore specialist manpower teams trained in Engineering, Medical and Fire Fighting with the primary aim of saving and preserving life.
Teams also have the capability to provide Shelter, Sanitation, Food and Water. For the provision of logistic support ashore the ship has a flight deck capable of operating Seaking helicopters, two large workboats and two fast jet boats.
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