NAVY NEWS, JUNE 2009 7
DO NOT be fooled by this very
Batch 3 Type 42 to berth in St Helier – in for the island’s emergency planning The cyclists will meet up with their
nice photograph of HMS York
fact the 5,000-ton warship is the largest committee on how to set up temporary ship in the Humber port before heading Tanker fi nds
dressed overall in Jersey – the
vessel the harbour can accommodate medical, command and control and across to Yorkshire’s county town.
apparently. decontamination centres, and deal with The ship’s company will exercise their
veteran destroyer is not just a Her CO Cdr Andy Price found it “one of pollution of the seas should an oil tanker freedom of the city by marching through missing yacht
decorative warship.
the most testing berths” experienced in run aground on Jersey’s northern coast. the historic heart of York on June 6
York ploughed through the sea at
more than 20 years of driving warships. Several sporting and adventurous and commemorating the destroyer’s TANKER RFA Gold Rover
an incredible 35.1kts (a smidgin over
Luckily for him, he won’t have to do it training activities were squeezed into the achievements with a service at York found herself at the centre of a
40mph) on her return from the Channel
again as he’s just handed over command weekend visit, including kayaking and Minster. mid-Atlantic salvage mission to
Islands – thought to be a record speed
to his successor, Cdr Simon Staley. football against the island’s impressive In between Jersey and Hull, the ship locate a missing yacht.
for any Type 42.
York found herself heavily in demand team. could be found in waters off north- The auxiliary was visiting St
Not bad for a ship laid down nearly
during her visit. She provided the A round-island cycle ride (around 44 western Scotland (following a brief ‘pit Helena when authorities asked
30 years ago... (admittedly she’s just
impressive backdrop to Jersey Boat miles) was also organised in preparation stop’ in Portsmouth) conducting High her to track down the Sea Jade,
emerged from a refit).
Show, opened her gangway to just short for the ship’s company’s sponsored Seas Firings, using her Sea Dart missiles
adrift somewhere in the South
Most, though not all, RN visitors
of 4,000 visitors, not to mention 151 ride from Portsmouth to Hull this month to intercept several target drones.
Atlantic for almost a month.
to Jersey anchor off the island – the
VIPs who were hosted for an official (considerably further than 44 miles...). Picture: PO Dutchy Holland, HMS York
South Africa yachtsman Nick
Channel Islands are infamous for a very
reception.
Robinson left the remote island
high tidal range (the third highest in
Aside from flying the flag, the ship’s
at the beginning of April to sail
the world – 12 metres or a little under
company showed how they – or any
single-handed back to Cape
40ft if you prefer your measurements in
RN vessel for that matter – could help
Town.
imperial).
islanders should disaster befall Jersey.
Nothing was heard from him
But not York. She became the first
They laid on a series of demonstrations
after the first week at sea and
nothing was seen of the boat for
another three until the crew of
a merchantman came across the
boat.
They confirmed Mr Robinson
was not aboard the yacht – but
were unable to salvage the Sea
Jade.
Four days after the boat’s last
sighting, Gold Rover set off with
a salvage crew of three volunteers
from a yacht visiting St Helena.
The tanker reached that final
position, then followed Sea Jade’s
most likely course – and found
nothing.
Capt Paul Minter RFA and
his bridge team sat down with
weather reports and plotted the
yacht’s most likely position, then
set off in search – akin, says
Capt Minter, to “trying to find a
needle in a field of haystacks”.
But after just five hours they
picked up a radar contact which,
on visual inspection, turned out
to be the missing yacht.
The salvage crew were
transferred to take it back to St
Helena under sail – the engine
Channel dash
was out of action.
As for the tanker, she’s on
deployment to the South Atlantic,
visiting British dependencies such
as St Helena and Ascencion as
she makes her way south.
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