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During a period of major repair to the Royal Navy’s Antarctic Patrol Ship HMS ENDURANCE, HMS SCOTT has been prepared to temporarily take over her operational tasks. One of the necessary upgrades was to add a second rescue boat capability to satisfy the mandatory requirements of The International Convention of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Recognised by the Ministry of Defence as an Urgent Operational Requirement with very limited time available, it was decided that the most effective solution was to remove and refurbish an existing crane from the decommissioned HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE for installation in HMS SCOTT. The 3.5 SWL T RHIB crane supplied by Houlder was fitted in HMS DUMBARTON CASTLE in 2003. It is one of a number of similar cranes also fitted in HMS ENDURANCE and HMS ROEBUCK, designed for service in very low temperature environments. Houlder analysed HMS SCOTT’s deck structure to support the new crane and obtained Lloyds Register plan approval for additional strengthening measures for the crane pedestal and new design hydraulic power unit. The crane was refurbished by PJ Engineering Products Ltd and the new self-contained diesel driven electro-hydraulic power unit was manufactured by Hagglunds Ltd. Houlder provided design, project management and works supervision for this challenging task - from creating the initial scope of work and specification, through fabrication and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), setting to work, load testing and sea trials. The successful completion of the project overcame several potential project stopping occurrences and has delivered a fully functional operational crane 5 weeks ahead of schedule. This has enabled the ship’s crew to have valuable training time during HMS SCOTT’s pre-deployment Operational Sea Training. To see examples of our other projects click here.

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