The British Ministry of Protection stated on Thursday that the Royal Navy warship HMS Trent will deploy to the Cayman Islands to supply UK help following the devastation introduced this week by Hurricane Beryl.
The ministry stated HMS Trent, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, is scheduled to reach within the Cayman Islands this weekend, “the place her crew can be prepared to supply help with gear and help to assist communities affected by flooding and storm harm.”
HMS Trent is crewed by greater than 50 sailors and departed from Puerto Rico on Wednesday, carrying bottled water, fundamental emergency provides and gear, the British Ministry of Defence stated.
It stated the ship has a Disaster Response Troop embarked, comprising members of 24 Commando Royal Engineers and their gear, and additional augmented with personnel to help planning, data operations, meteorological forecasting and picture seize.
The British Ministry of Protection stated further personnel embody a workforce from 700X Naval Air Squadron who present HMS Trent’s embarked PUMA Flight (Distant Piloted Air System), permitting them to conduct airborne reconnaissance and harm evaluation in direct help of 24 Commando exercise.
A specialist Fast Deployment Staff has already traveled to the Japanese Caribbean to offer consular help to any affected British nationals, the British Ministry of Protection stated.
It stated the UK continues to work with the Caribbean’s disaster response group (CDEMA) “to offer help for the worst affected islands, together with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada.”
In earlier years, the British Ministry of Protection stated members of the Armed Forces have deployed to the Caribbean below Operation Ventus to offer humanitarian help within the type of meals and fundamental medical aid, in addition to engineering to restore broken properties and infrastructure, and creating flood and hurricane defenses.
“Hurricane Beryl has been described because the earliest ever Class 5 storm to type within the Atlantic, with storms of this scale often recorded later in the summertime,” the British Ministry of Protection stated.
“HMS Trent has been deployed to the Caribbean for the reason that finish of 2023, the place she has been disrupting drug networks the world over following a collection of medication seizures at sea,” it added.
In Might, the British Ministry of Protection stated it was confirmed HMS Trent’s crew had seized greater than £204 million price of cocaine following an intercept within the Caribbean Sea – which adopted a double-bust earlier within the yr the place practically £300 million was seized.
