HMS Trent

One year on from Hurricane Melissa. We remember the communities devastated and the lasting impact. Our thoughts remain with all the affected, and we recognise the strength and resilience of the communities continuing to rebuild. 🇯🇲🇬🇧

Every exercise is a chance to learn something new. Great training with the Barbados Defence Force last week, sharing experience in disaster response and maritime interdiction. @UKinCaribbean

Learning from the experts. We visited UN World Food Programme Regional Logistics Hub in Barbados to exchange ideas on disaster preparedness. Exploring how ships and UAS could help get critical supplies to communities when they're needed most. @UKinCaribbean @wfp_Caribbean

From hurricanes to volcanoes, being ready matters in Montserrat. 🇲🇸 We teamed up with Montserrat's disaster management, defence and police for some fantastic joint training! Sharing knowledge, swapping ideas and strengthening our partnership along the way.

⛳ A little tee time at sea! This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're recognising the importance of camaraderie, teamwork and looking after one another while deployed. Like the time our flight deck swapped helicopters for hole-in-ones!

From ship to shore! Our embarked 700X UAS team took to the skies in the British Virgin Islands, delivering supplies directly ashore using the Malloy medium-lift UAS in an RN first. A fantastic showcase of how this technology can support disaster relief in the Caribbean. 🇬🇧🇻🇬

From George Town to Cayman Brac 🇰🇾 We have enjoyed a valuable visit to the Cayman Islands. Engagements with @JaneOwenCayman, @CINEOC, the Cayman Island Coast Guard, and Royal Cayman Islands Police Force Air Operations Unit, and local communities.

From recovering stranded vehicles to operating heavy machinery, training to clear debris, reopen access routes, and keep people and supplies moving when it matters most. Our embarked @24CdoRE Crisis Response Troop have been exchanging knowledge with the Cayman Island Regiment.

When disaster strikes, every second counts. Collapsed structures, tight spaces, calculated decisions. Our embarked @24CdoRE Crisis Response Troop got a taste of Urban Search and Rescue as the Cayman Island Regiment demonstrated and exercised their rescue techniques.

Hands to flying stations, day or night, we are ready. We have been sharpening our flying skills in the Caribbean alongside the US Coast Guard.

We're continuing to put Uncrewed Air Systems through their paces. Together with our embarked 700X Flight, we're developing how these systems can operate safely and effectively from our flight deck.

Drones, disaster planning, and real-world teamwork 🇻🇬 From flying our Uncrewed Air Systems between islands to taking part in a hurricane preparation exercise with partners from across the British Virgin Islands, we've been helping build resilience and strengthening relationships

Ready before the storm. Our embarked crisis response troop from @24CdoRE have been training alongside @TCIRegiment , sharing chainsaw and medic training. Sharing and preparing to respond together when it matters most. 🇹🇨

Great to visit @DDMETCI yesterday, to share ideas and discuss how we can support disaster preparedness across the Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨

Showing what uncrewed aerial systems can do before they're needed most. Our 700X UAS team have been demonstrating their systems to the @TCIRegiment and local partners, strengthening understanding of capabilities available during future hurricane response.

A first for HMS TRENT Our flight deck and bridge teams working with our embarked 700X Flight's remote pilots and engineers from @RNASCuldrose, to fly the Malloy T-150B from a River Class Batch 2 OPV for the first time. Paving the way for future UAS operations in the Caribbean.