A Royal Navy patrol ship has deployed to Jamaica to help in humanitarian reduction efforts following the devastation brought on by Hurricane Melissa, the Royal Navy said.
HMS Trent arrived on the port of Falmouth on Jamaica’s northern coast earlier this week, touchdown engineers from 24 Commando Royal Engineers’ Disaster Response Troop to assist restore important companies and assess harm after the Class 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, which struck on the finish of October, is reported to be essentially the most highly effective ever recorded in Jamaica.
“HMS Trent, upon the request of the Jamaican Authorities, landed our Disaster Response Troop ashore to supply catastrophe reduction in Falmouth, Jamaica,” stated Lieutenant Commander Paul Kilbride, Royal Navy, Govt Officer and non permanent commanding officer of Trent. “Our staff from 24 Commando Royal Engineers brings a variety of specialist expertise for fixing infrastructure and repairing harm.”
He added that the Royal Navy is working with the Jamaican Defence Pressure and the Workplace of Catastrophe Preparedness and Emergency Administration to “present a tangible profit to Falmouth” and that particular consideration has been directed to Falmouth Hospital, the place the staff helps restore boilers and water techniques broken by flooding.
Based on the Royal Navy, HMS Trent’s deployment follows a wider UK reduction bundle that features over 3,000 shelter kits, 1,500 solar-powered lanterns, and the presence of a International, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace Speedy Deployment Staff offering consular help to British nationals.
The ship, which changed her sister vessel HMS Medway within the Caribbean in September, carries inflexible inflatable boats and quadbikes for shore operations, in addition to drones able to offering aerial reconnaissance to assist native authorities.