44 NAVY NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2008
Sceptre
refit is
THE TIME OF
1968196
well in
YOUR LIVES
8
1988
hand September 1968
SPIRITS – and a 4,900-ton
Cairngorm Moutain Rescue Association called on HMS
Caledonia to erect a storm shelter on top of the Cairngorm
submarine – have been lifted at
Plateau due to the increase in call-outs and rescues. The site
Babcock Marine on the Clyde.
was selected at the junction of the three mountain paths at
One of the last two Swiftsure-
Lochan Buidhe – Yellow Loch – which is the highest area of
class nuclear-powered submarines
water in Great Britain. The shelter, created by the M15 and M16
in the Fleet, HMS Sceptre, entered
classes of OEMs, was deigned to withstand 144mph winds and
the shiplift ahead of schedule and
temperatures of -30°C.
budget.
The nine-month Revalidation
Assisted Maintenance Period
(RAMP) has involved some September 1978
70,000 hours of labour.
The early reactor component The Sea Harrier FRS Mk1 made its public debut at the
inspections and a routine Farnborough Air Show. The first Harrier in RN colours was put
replacement of the 120-cell through its paces the month before at Dunsfold by John Farley,
submarine main battery have been the British Aerospace chief test pilot. Also making its public
completed.
debut at Farnborough was the ski-jump take-off ramp that was
Also one of the three capability
later fitted to Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
upgrades has been finished, with
the other two well advanced.
Originally scheduled to end in
September 1988
January, hard work on the workers’
behalf has enabled the docking
HMY Britannia anchored in Plymouth Sound as the Queen made
period to be brought forward by
a visit to Plymouth Naval Base to mark the 400th anniversary
four weeks.
of the Spanish Armada. The Queen received a rapturous
Furthermore, Babcock Marine
reception from the sailors of HM ships Brave, Brazen, Cornwall
insists that “all involved are and Turbulent who lined the decks and cheered as the royal
working hard to achieve an early motorcade passed. The royal party was treated to a display
completion.” by 539 Assault Squadron RM and a fly-past by the Sharks
All secondary and combat helicopter display team of 705 NAS from RNAS Culdrose.
weapons system work is progressing
to plan, including the process of
converting the forward fridges
●Champ of the ramp: The
to a more enviromentally-
Sea Harrier FRS Mk1 takes
friendly alternative. Other
off with the help of a ski-jump
defects have been attended to
ramp at the Farnborough Air
as part of the work package.
Show
The RAMP is being conducted
under Clyde’s ‘One Base One
Team’ initiative.
HMS Sceptre’s RAMP marks
the end of an era.
It is the last to be conducted on
a Swiftsure-class submarine – her
sister HMS Superb is the only
other of the class in commission –
and it is the last planned docking
of a Swiftsure-class SSN in the
Faslane shiplift.
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