UK Docks took part in a poignant Remembrance Day ceremony more than 8,000 miles from home when Vessel Manager Andy Smith laid a wreath on behalf of the company on a memorial in the Falkland Islands.
Andy paid tribute, on behalf of the company, to the Royal Fleet Auxilliary and also to the memory of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards who lost their lives in the 1982 war.
UK Docks maintains a permanent support presence on the island, based in Mare Harbour where our work includes maintaining HMS Forth and HMS Protector in ensuring this part of the globe is patrolled and protected.
That work continues UK Docks' historic connections, having been involved in the rebuild of RFA Sir Tristram, following her loss in the Falklands, and her recovery and routine maintenance thereafter.
The overseas support is part of a £250m contract which has created more than 100 jobs at UK Docks and sees the company operating worldwide.
We continue to service HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s only icebreaker, at its dry docks on the River Tees but now services five more vessels - HMS Tamar, HMS Spey, HMS Medway, HMS Trent and HMS Forth - and will hold that responsibility through to 2031.
The vessels’ duties frequently take them to the South Atlantic, North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-Asian Pacific and they need to be ready for anything at a moment’s notice.
Lest We Forget.