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Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Military Operations | Royal Navy ship to deploy to Haiti loaded with aid
The UK will send a Royal Fleet Auxiliary supply ship loaded with aid to help with the relief operation in Haiti, International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander has announced today, Wednesday 20 January 2010.
The ship, RFA Largs Bay, is being despatched at the request of the United Nations and will sail from the UK carrying relief supplies that will be needed by the people of Haiti in the weeks and months ahead.
The ship will have the capacity to carry supplies provided by the Department for International Development (DFID) and British and international NGOs (non-governmental organisations), as well as goods purchased with donations from the British public in response to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal.
The ship, which is due to sail before the end of the month from Marchwood, Southampton, is expected to stay in the region for some weeks to help the UN ferry bulk supplies around small outlying ports in Haiti.
The UK Government has already promised £20m to help those affected by the earthquake.