17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC

June 2017 17 Port & Maritime Regiment RLC British Army Ensign of the Royal Logistic Corps (commanded by non-commissioned officer).svg Full ahead together 1949 - Present United Kingdom United Kingdom Logistics 549 personnelhttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 Army – Question for Ministry of Defence 1 14 December 2020 26 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226013531/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 dead 104th Logistic Support Brigade McMullen Barracks, Marchwood Military Port Seahorse 23px Royal Logistic Corps Corps 100px Tactical recognition flash 17 Port and Maritime Regiment is a regiment of the British Army's Royal Logistic Corps. Based in the Hampshire village of Marchwood, near Southampton, the unit is the British Army's Regular Port & Maritime capability, and is supported by 165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC, of the Army Reserve. History The regiment was first formed as 17 Port Training Regiment Royal Engineers, at the existing Marchwood Military Port (near Southampton), Hampshire in 1949.Major Lyndon M. Robinson, The Role of Britain's 17 Port & Maritime Regiment in Force Projection, Army Logistician, March–April 2005 Since the Second World War, military vessels have operated in support of many major operations, such as during the Suez Crisis, conflicts in Belize and Borneo and particularly in the Falklands War, where over 75% of all stores were landed by Mexeflote Rafts. Ship to Shore Logistics – 03 (History – 1982 Falkland Islands) - Think Defence http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2013/07/ship-to-shore-logistics-03-history-1982-falkland-islands/ 2015-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172015/http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2013/07/ship-to-shore-logistics-03-history-1982-falkland-islands/ 23 September 2015 dead dmy-all The regiment initially comprised 51 and 52 Port Squadrons Royal Engineers. It was later joined by 53 Port Maintenance Squadron. On 15 July 1965, the Regiment transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb%5Erctf.html Board of Ordnance: Royal Corps of Transport Fleet (Britain) 29 September 2004 18 September 2015 CRW flags Prothero David and 17 Port Regiment Workshop REME (Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers) was formed at that time. Craftsmen of the Army Kneen J Pen and Sword Books Ltd 1996 0-85052-549-7 Arborfield 281 The regiment was originally accommodated in a war time Nissen hut type of camp in the field that is just beyond the northern boundary of Byams House, which later became the Officers Mess. http://thewhiterajah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/byams-house.html Byams House 28 December 2013 18 September 2015 Writing about writing TCW In 1993, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), due to amalgamation of the RCT with four other Corps. Forming Corps » Royal Logistic Corps http://www.royallogisticcorps.co.uk/heritage/forming-corps/ www.royallogisticcorps.co.uk 2015-09-18 At the time of joining into the RLC, the regiment was organised as follows:Royal Corps of Transport Journal, April 1993. Regimental Headquarters 51 Port Squadron 52 Port Squadron 53 Port Support Squadron 265 Port Squadron (V), at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham In 2011 and 2012, the regimental headquarters and elements from the Squadrons deployed as the Theatre Logistic Regiment in Camp Bastion. Later in 2012, the regiment was required at short notice to set up and run the accommodation camp at Tobacco Docks on the river Thames in London, in support of the military personnel who were in turn supporting the 2012 London Olympics. Olympics accommodation for additional military personnel - Announcements - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/olympics-accommodation-for-additional-military-personnel www.gov.uk 2015-09-22 Laster, in 2013, the Regiment deployed on a United Nations Peace-keeping tour to Cyprus (Operation TOSCA). Peacekeeping in Cyprus - News stories - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peacekeeping-in-cyprus www.gov.uk 2015-09-22 The most recent military rail operations were in the Kosovo War, when 79 Railway Squadron RLC operated the line between Thessaloniki in Greece to Kosovo in Serbia. During Operation Telic in Iraq in 2003, Rail Troop of 79 Port Clearance Squadron RLC opened up the rail link between Basra and Baghdad, in cooperation with a Royal Engineers Specialist Team. US Army Use of Rail in Theaters of Operation Killblane Richard US Transportation Corps 2010 20 http://www.transportation.army.mil/historian/documents/use%20of%20military%20rail%20by%20us%20army.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130222092038/http://www.transportation.army.mil/historian/documents/use%20of%20military%20rail%20by%20us%20army.pdf dead 22 February 2013 Under the Army 2020 programme, the regiment was paired with its reserve counterpart, 165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC.17 Port and Maritime Regiment https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/rlc-regular-units/17-p-m-regiment/ 2021-05-06 www.army.mod.uk en-GB Operations The current units are:https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-logistic-corps/17-port-and-maritime-regiment/ 17 Port & Maritime Regiment RLC Army.mod.uk 2018-12-26 2018-12-26 53 Headquarters and Enabling Squadron 51 Port Squadron 52 Port Squadron Regimental Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The regiment is based out of McMullen Barracks in the village of Marchwood, on the west bank of Southampton Water, on the fringe of the New Forest. The barracks sits at Marchwood Military Port, the Ministry of Defence's Sea Mounting Centre (SMC). Fawley's Front Line Hansford Roger The History Press 1 Oct 2014 978-0752498577 It also operates the only military Dive Team in the RLC. Ensigns of British Army vessels thumb|left|Ensign flown by vessels of 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps. thumb|The Army ensign flown by British Army vessels commanded by a commissioned officer. Originally there was no British Army Ensign, the crossed swords ensign being the ensign of the Royal Army Service Corps (which was responsible for offshore military transport). When the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was formed in 1965, it took on this responsibility; the task of designing an Army Ensign was given to HQ Maritime Group RCT Portsmouth, who produced a Blue Ensign defaced by crossed swords superimposed with the royal crest. It was approved by the Queen and announced in Army Order 53/66, and Defence Council Instruction (General) 62/67. The ensign was first flown on 17 May 1967 by Tank Landing Craft engaged in Exercise Wagon Trail. The Army Ensign was the army equivalent of the navy's White Ensign, while the crossed sword ensign was comparable to the vertical anchor Blue Ensign of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service. The army copied navy tradition by flying the Union Jack in the bows of ships being launched, with the Army Flag (instead of the Admiralty Flag) amidships. The last HMAVs, Arakan and Ardennes, were decommissioned in 1998, and the Army Ensign became dormant. thumb|upright|Army Ensign of HMAV Arakan laid up in St John's Church, Marchwood. References 30em External links 17 Port & Maritime Regiment RLC - on British Army official website (archive c2011) Official website Category:Regiments of the Royal Logistic Corps Category:Military units and formations established in 1993