Playing a huge part in relief efforts this year will be the activities of the HMBS Lawrence Major, an auxiliary vessel procured exactly for such times and occasions. Additionally, the 17-piece Container Mobile Base Unit, which is intended to provide accommodation and lodging for the remote areas hardest hit, is serviced and readied for immediate departure with crews already standing by. The Unit doubles as medical, water and food relief centers to surrounding communities.
All vessels of the RBDF are familiarized with their hurricane avoidance strategies depending on the projected movement of storm, including where to take shelter and where they will resupply. Ships are sometimes required to sail as far west as the Yucatan Channel near the way of the Caribbean Sea.
