Britain's Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that the Royal Navy warship HMS Trent, an offshore patrol ship, will be ready to provide equipment and assistance to help communities affected by flooding and storms.
The storm, which was previously rated a Category 5, can bring winds of more than 155 mph and has already caused a large amount of destruction in the region this week.
HMS Trent has a crew of more than 50 sailors and departed Puerto Rico on Wednesday carrying bottled water, basic emergency supplies and equipment.
According to the UK Government, there is a Crisis Response Troop aboard the ship, consisting of members of 24 Commando Royal Engineers and their equipment, and augmented with personnel to support planning, information operations, meteorological forecasting and image capturing. Is.
"The additional personnel include a team from 700X Naval Air Squadron providing HMS Trent's PUMA flight (Remote Piloted Air System), allowing them to conduct aerial reconnaissance and damage in direct support of 24 Commando activity," it said in a statement on Thursday. "
A specialist rapid deployment team has already traveled to the Eastern Caribbean to provide consular assistance to affected British nationals.
The UK said it would continue to work with the Caribbean's crisis response organisation, CDEMA, to provide assistance to the worst-affected islands including St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
Hurricane Beryl has been described as the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, with storms of this scale typically recorded later in the summer.
The storm, which was previously rated a Category 5, can bring winds of more than 155 mph and has already caused a large amount of destruction in the region this week.
HMS Trent has a crew of more than 50 sailors and departed Puerto Rico on Wednesday carrying bottled water, basic emergency supplies and equipment.
According to the UK Government, there is a Crisis Response Troop aboard the ship, consisting of members of 24 Commando Royal Engineers and their equipment, and augmented with personnel to support planning, information operations, meteorological forecasting and image capturing. Is.
"The additional personnel include a team from 700X Naval Air Squadron providing HMS Trent's PUMA flight (Remote Piloted Air System), allowing them to conduct aerial reconnaissance and damage in direct support of 24 Commando activity," it said in a statement on Thursday. "
A specialist rapid deployment team has already traveled to the Eastern Caribbean to provide consular assistance to affected British nationals.
The UK said it would continue to work with the Caribbean's crisis response organisation, CDEMA, to provide assistance to the worst-affected islands including St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada.
Hurricane Beryl has been described as the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, with storms of this scale typically recorded later in the summer.
