When is hms ocean leaving london

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What were you doing? She was guest of honour at the decommissioning ceremony, along with the head of the Navy, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Philip Jones, and more than of the ship's company and their families. The Queen's colour - a double-folded silk White Ensign with crown and Royal Cypher - was raised on the ship.

The Queen was then driven up onto the ship, where she was hosted to lunch cooked by chef Carl Tester from Plymouth. Following the private lunch, the Queen attended a reception on HMS Ocean with the ship's crew and their families.

HMS Ocean was commissioned in and members of the original company were present at the decommissioning ceremony. Chief petty officer Andrew Margerison added: "It is a very sad day to be honest. It has had such illustrious service, in conflicts and humanitarian operations around the world so to see it go today is very disappointing. The Queen was presented with the official decommissioning book for the ship, as well as gin distilled from water made onboard.

We wish HMS Ocean every success for the future as she enters the next chapter of her journey. We needed to be able to deliver and to do this we needed to ensure we had partners we could rely on to achieve this. From scoping to delivery, Selwood were extremely professional and ensured that the de-commissioning was not delayed by installation of this pump system.

Download the full case study. The solution As with all Selwood projects, pump specialists carried out a detailed and bespoke site survey in order to select the most appropriate units for the application.