Defence written question – answered at on 11 February 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what disaster relief work was carried out by the Royal Navy in the Caribbean in the last five years.
The primary purposes of the Royal Navy's deployment to the Caribbean (Atlantic Patrol Task (North)) are the promotion of UK interests in the region and the provision of security to UK Overseas Territories, including support to humanitarian operations and disaster relief. We will continue to provide support to disaster relief through the presence of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel.
The information requested is provided in the following table:
Month | Unit | Location | |
2006 | August | HMS Iron Duke/RFA Wave Ruler | Turks and Caicos Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Tropical Storm Chris. |
August | HMS Iron Duke/RFA Wave Ruler | Cayman Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Category 1 Hurricane Ernesto. | |
September | HMS Iron Duke | Bermuda. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Hurricane Florence. | |
2007 | August | RFA Wave Ruler | Montserrat and Cayman Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Hurricane Dean. |
August | HMS Portland/RFA Wave Ruler | Belize. Humanitarian disaster relief operation ashore in Belize in wake of Hurricane Dean. | |
September | HMS Portland | Barbados. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Hurricane Felix. | |
November | RFA Wave Knight | Dominican Republic. Humanitarian disaster relief operations in the wake of Tropical Storm Noel. | |
2008 | August | RFA Wave Ruler | Cayman Island. Humanitarian disaster relief operation ashore in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. |
September | RFA Wave Ruler | Turks and Caicos Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief operation ashore in the wake of Hurricane Ike. | |
October | RFA Wave Ruler | British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat. Humanitarian disaster relief operation ashore in the wake of Hurricane Omar. | |
November | RFA Wave Ruler | Cayman Brae and Little Cayman. Humanitarian disaster relief operation ashore in the wake of Hurricane Paloma. | |
2010 | February/March | RFA Largs Bay | Haiti. Humanitarian disaster relief operation and support to World Food Programme and UN operations ashore in wake of earthquake. |
August | HMS Manchester | Eastern Caribbean. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in wake of Hurricane Earl. | |
September | RFA Wave Ruler | Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief reassurance visit. Working party ashore to assist with clearance of mudslides. | |
September | HMS Manchester | Bermuda. Aerial survey damage assessment in the wake of Hurricane Igor. | |
November | HMS Manchester/RFA Wave Ruler | St Lucia. Humanitarian disaster relief operations ashore in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. | |
November | HMS Manchester/RFA Wave Ruler | Turks and Caicos Islands. Humanitarian disaster relief contingency patrol in the wake of Hurricane Tomas. | |
November | RFA Wave Ruler | Haiti. In support of US Forces conducting humanitarian disaster relief operations. |
Yes3 people think so
No0 people think not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.