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Ministry of Defence announce contract award

13th September 2019

We are delighted to announce that we’ve been awarded a six-and-a-half-year contract from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide repair and maintenance to ensure the continued availability of boats essential to UK submarine operations, including the Continuous At-Sea Deterrent. Holyhead Marine is one of five companies awarded contracts by the Commercially Supported Shipping team […]

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Video of Latest New Builds

21st August 2018

Three of our most recent new builds were out together a couple of weeks ago and we were fortunate to get some video footage of them from a drone. The largest is a 16m Pilot Boat for Forth Ports called the "Forth Puma". She is our latest 16m GRP Pilot Boat and features a resiliently [...]

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HMS Charger completes major refit

21st October 2016

HMS Charger, a 20m GRP Archer Class patrol boat,  has been coming to Holyhead for her annual refits and maintenance periods almost every year since she was built in the mid 1980’s. She was launched earlier this week having completed a significant refit which has included the installation of new Caterpillar C18 main engines and […]

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HMS Raider Patrol Boat re-power

3rd October 2015

HMS Raider, a 20m GRP Archer Class P2000 Royal Navy Patrol Boat has just completed her annual refit and re-power. The vessel has had her current MTU engines removed and replaced with a pair of Caterpillar C18 ACERT engines developing 873 bhp each.  As part of the re-power package the  entire sterngear was renewed which […]

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Iona and Harris delivery

2nd October 2015

The latest 15m Police Patrol Boat Iona has been delivered to Faslane Naval Base and handed over to the Ministry of Defence Police. The boat was accompanied by her sister Harris which had been in the yard for her annual maintenance and recertification period. Both boats left Holyhead together and took the opportunity for a […]

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DSEI 2015

14th July 2015

Holyhead Marine will be exhibiting this year at DSEI in London. The exhibition runs from 15th to 18th September. The Royal Marines will be in attendance at the show and will be demonstrating the 9m Offshore Raiding Craft on the water at the exhibition twice daily. Our stand is S10-465 which is located in the […]

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Police Patrol Boat “Skye” delivery

11th June 2015

Another 15m Patrol Boat configured for the Ministry of Defence Police left Holyhead this morning bound for Faslane. The boat is manned by our own delivery crew and the transit will take just under 6 hours from Holyhead to Faslane Naval Base. Police Boat “Skye” will join her eight other sisters at Faslane, all of […]

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Police Patrol Boat heads North

24th March 2015

The latest 15m Police Boat for the Ministry of Defence Police pictured here this morning threading its way through Holyhead Marina at Holyhead bound for Faslane Naval Base where she will join the seven other 15m Police Patrol Boats that have been built by the company since 2006. This latest Patrol Boat, known by the […]

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Police Patrol Boat in Clyde Rescue

2nd March 2010

MOD Police boat Rhona was involved in the rescue of a capsized canoeist in the Firth of Clyde. The boat was called in by the Clyde Coastguard to assist in the rescue of a 43 year old man who had capsized and become separated from his canoe. He was lifted from the water by the […]

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First Archer Class vessel of 2009 – 2010 Refit Period Returned to Service

5th October 2009

HMS Exploit recently completed a successful Slip period at Holyhead following an intensive four week work program. As always, the Holyhead refit team pulled out all the stops to ensure the Contract Acceptance Date was met,  the vessel was returned to service on Monday the 5th October following a rigorous trials program. The refit team at […]

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Chief names new Police launches

21st June 2009

A ceremony was held this week at HMNB Clyde to name the latest additions to the MOD police`s marine fleet. The first two 15m police boats were named “Gigha” and “Jura” after Hebridean islands off the western coast of Scotland. The vessels are the first of a total of 6 craft to be manufactured by Holyhead […]

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