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30-05-2012 12:00:55
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This is really worrying - the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a fundamental part of UK defence - without these sailors & ships the Royal Navy is marooned!!
Paging Rishi Sunak & Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP. You stress the importance of defence, yet vital RFA sailors have been forced to strike over pay
.RFA LYME BAY arrived at Sembawang Dockyard, 🇸🇬Singapore on Sunday British Defence Singapore Support Unit (@RFAArgus arrived yesterday)
RFA Lyme Bay and her embarked forces - part of the UK Littoral Response Group - make their first visit (of possibly many) to Sembawang Naval Wharves. Royal Navy UK Defence Journal UK in Singapore 🇬🇧 Strategic Command
It is actually a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship - RFA Cardigan Bay…
A timely reminder of the RFA’s vital work globally. Yet RFA sailors say they’ve suffered a real term pay cut over 14 years that amounts to 30% - and could take strike action if Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 don’t offer a better deal
Amid all the tough talk by PM Rishi Sunak about increasing UK defence spending, has anyone heard anything about a pay dispute with sailors in the Royal Navy's support fleet?
If Royal Fleet Auxiliary crews go on strike it would impact the ability of the entire navy to operate...
A fine article by Tom Sharpe summarising the crisis engulfing the Royal Fleet Auxiliary that we have been chronicling for the last few years.
archive.today/Lx5Sz
RFA officers Nautilus International have voted to go on strike after rejecting the 4.5% pay offer.
79% voted yes to strike action
85% voted yes to action short of a strike (60% turnout)
nautilusint.org/en/news-insigh…
.RFA LYME BAY has delivered more than 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza on behalf of the UK.
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship is deployed to the Mediterranean alongside RFA Argus as part of Littoral Response Group (South) to help ease the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited UK personnel on RFA Cardigan Bay and HMS Middleton on a trip to Bahrain 🚢
The vessels are deployed on Operation Kipion – the UK’s efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Gulf 🇧🇭
RFA LYME BAY . Providing the backdrop to a spectacular end to Armed Forces Day (Photos provided by Matt Weetch)
Navy Lookout Royal Fleet Auxiliary #ArmedForcesDay #Falmouth
RFA LYME BAY promoting Armed Forces Week, whilst alongside in Falmouth
Navy Lookout Royal Fleet Auxiliary #ArmedForcesWeek