Royal Navy create 'ultimate repair shop' in Portsmouth
The Royal Navy's ‘ultimate repair shop’ aims to increase the availability and effectiveness of its ships
The Royal Navy are creating the 'ultimate repair shop' in the hopes to save millions of pounds.
Portsmouth's naval base is home to the largest of three gigantic equipment stores across the service, where broken ship items are awaiting repair and installation.
Engineers are now going to work their way through the stores, fixing what can be repaired, recycling equipment which cannot be for raw materials.
Lee Reeves, Warrant Officer from the Navy Climate Resilience and Environmental Management team, said: "We’re giving equipment a second life instead of letting it gather dust.
“This is skilled engineering work that makes a real difference – every item we repair and return to service is a win for the fleet, for taxpayers, and for the environment.
“With a further 21,000 repairable items in Plymouth and Faslane, there’s significant scope to scale; indeed there’s no reason why a similar approach cannot be taken-up throughout Defence.”
The warehouse in Portsmouth alone now houses some 84,000 items deemed repairable – with a collective value of an estimated £200m.
It’s at 97 per cent capacity – and is expected to be full in about 12 months’ time.
The repair shop is hoped to help increase the availability and effectiveness of its naval ships.