RFA vessel returns

While the ship was half way across the world, the Cardigan Bay was maintained by members of the ‘cluster support team’, a joint venture between A&P and the MoD based in Falmouth, who regularly travel to the Gulf. A&P Group has a five year rolling contract with the MoD to provide upkeep support to some of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships worth more than £300 million. The partnership has led to a much more economical approach to ship repair and maintenance throughout the RFA flotilla.

Work included equipment upgrades to cooling and weapons systems, dry docking, operational support and general upkeep, and took place at shipyards in Dubai and Bahrain, and resulted in a partnership between A&P and ASRY.

Following the planned three-week maintenance period, the RFA

Cardigan Bay

is expected back in Falmouth in August for a major refit similar to that of the RFA

Mounts Bay

, which was completed last year.