Liverpool, UK 25th May, 2013. HMS Fort Rosalie, Replenishment Ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service, in Cammell Laird Ship repairers & Shipbuilders Ltd open to the public on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA 70) commemoration and events centred around Liverpool. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War 2, at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943.
Fort Rosalie was laid down in 1973, by Scott Lithgow on the River Clyde, launched in 1976 and commissioned the next year. RFA Fort Rosalie, in Cammell Laird's Birkenhead Docks undergoing a refit by Northwestern Ship repairers in February 2009 The ship saw her first war service during the Falklands War, and also supported British forces in the Balkans alongside at the port of Split from at least 1994-2000, being based at Cervena Luka (North Port) an area just outside Split, Croatia. Fort Rosalie also oversaw repairs to HMS Tireless at Gibraltar later in 2000. She is affiliated to Tamworth and Lichfield Sea Cadets under her former name, Fort Grange. Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead is acknowledged as being a key part of Britain's war effort in WWII. The shipyard is still a major repairer of vessels and for the first time in 20 years it is building ships again. It may never produce the numbers it did during the war but, as Merseyside celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of The Atlantic, the contribution the shipyard made to the survival of Britain in its darkest hours will never be forgotten.
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