Vessels & Shipyards

Maintenance completes on polar research ship

2023-07-05T12:31:00

SDA at Rosyth

Work has completed to maintain the RSS ’Sir David Attenborough’ before setting out again for Antarctica

Babcock International has completed maintenance works for the research ship ‘Sir David Attenborough’ at its Rosyth facilities.

Twenty experts from Babcock began work on the RRS Sir David Attenborough in early June upgrading the vessel’s gas detection system, helideck netting, draft sensor vent pipework as well as helping with planned maintenance, defect rectification and general logistics support.

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