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More beds completed for carrier crew

The second phase of innovative new modular accommodation for sailors working on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has been completed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The two future aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are currently being built and fitted out in Rosyth. DIO runs MOD Caledonia and is supporting the carrier programme by providing site security, messing and recreational facilities, and accommodation for the carrier’s crew. Before the project commenced, MOD Caledonia had 422 suitable bed spaces, which DIO

DIO delivers digs for carrier crew

Sailors from Britain’s new aircraft carrier got all-mod-cons accommodation in double-quick time, after the Defence Infrastructure Organisation delivered a solution to Rosyth’s shortage of beds. The two future aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, are currently being built in Rosyth. DIO-run MOD Caledonia is supporting the carrier programme by providing site security, messing and recreational facilities – and accommodation for the carrier’s crew. Caledonia currently has 422 suitable bed spaces, which DIO calculated was 302 fewer than needed.

Queen Elizabeth Carriers – DIO awards contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour

DIO has awarded the £31 million contract to dredge Portsmouth Harbour to Boskalis Westminster.The Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers will be significantly larger than any vessel that currently uses Portsmouth Harbour. Boskalis Westminster will dredge the approach channel, inner harbour area and berth pocket, making these deep and wide enough for the new ships. In all around 3 million cubic metres of clay, sand and gravel will be removed from the harbour. Dredging works are planned to start in late autumn, using trailing suction hopper dredgers and backhoe dredgers, and will be

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