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Pyeroy secure £1.1m nuclear submarine contract

Industrial support group Pyeroy has won a £1.1m contract to support the multi-million pound refit of the Royal Navy’s Trident ballistic missile submarine.

The Gateshead-based firm will work on HMS Vengeance, the last of the Vanguard class submarines to undergo a long overhaul period and refuel (LOPR); a project that will take around three and a half years and involve over 2,000 personnel.

Pyeroy will provide scaffolding and containment systems around the vessel, as work is undertaken at Babcock’s Devonport Royal Dockyard facility.

Jack Hayton, director of Pyeroy’s Marine Division, said: “Scaffolding for access to the vessel’s hull is underway and this is another major contract for Babcock that showcases the skills and workmanship of our workforce.”

This latest contract win follows an earlier £400,000 contract to support the refit of the Royal Navy’s Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Torbay at Devonport.

Pyeroy also undertakes work for Babcock at Rosyth and is also supporting work on the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers under construction in yards around the country.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .