Tuesday 26 February 2013

Award To FORT ROSALIE – the Fleet Stores Ship RFA FORT ROSALIE has been awarded The Centenary Wedgewood Bowl an annual award for Humanitarian Aid and International Relations for 2012.  The RFA FORT ROSALIE made an outstanding contribution towards international relations during the ships’ deployment to the Caribbean from December 2011 until June 2012 during which time, apart from the more usual duties, the vessel engaged in High Level Defence Diplomacy by way of:
·         Made a very high level and intense visit to Veracruz (Mexico)
·         Made a visit to Cuba
·         Conducted a two week tour of the Windward and Leeward Islands with the Earl and Countess of Wessex embarked (as part of the “Diamond Jubilee”, with the ship acting as a ‘Royal Yacht’ and with an improvised “Royal Barge” created onboard from an 11 metre workboat).

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