CL Winter Newsletter 20-21 - Flipbook - Page 1
WINTER ISSUE 21
MANAGEMENT TEAM
BOOST
Six senior appointments are helping
Cammell Laird to grow its reputation
for world-class engineering and
shipbuilding... p3
CALMAC FERRIES CHOOSE
CAMMELL LAIRD
One of the UK’s largest ferry operators
has chosen Cammell Laird for the
annual maintenance and dry docking of
its five largest vessels... p5
A FOND FAREWELL
TO RRS SIR DAVID
ATTENBOROUGH
Cammell Laird has achieved its final milestone for
the RRS Sir David Attenborough – formally handing
over Britain’s new polar research ship to the Natural
Environment Research Council (NERC).
Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the
new ship will transform UK research in the polar
regions. Its missions will be critical for understanding
and making sense of our changing climate.
The extraordinary 15,000 tonne vessel
departed Cammell Laird’s Birkenhead facility for
the last time in October 2020, which was the
culmination of a complex four year build
programme... continued overleaf
RRS Sir David Attenborough departing Cammell Laird
HMS DAUNTLESS
ARRIVES FOR PIP
HMS Dauntless is the first member
of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 Fleet to
arrive at Cammell Laird for her Power
Improvement Project (PIP)... p6