A couple of excerpts from a now somewhat dated article:-
Giant ‘ship in a box’ will give Navy boarding teams the edge on the front line
14 February 2014
A £1m new facility will provide sailors and Royal Marines the most realistic board and search training they’ve ever had.
The ‘ship in a box’ complex at HMS Raleigh recreates the inside of a merchant ship, but also features secret compartments and hiding places as used by smugglers, drug runners and terrorists in the real world.
Sailors and commandos will use the most realistic mock-up ship they’ve ever had to prepare them for front-line boarding operations from this spring.
The £1m ‘ship in a box’ facility at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint will be used by all Royal Navy and Royal Marines board and search teams to hone their skills – from fast roping out of helicopters to searching hidden compartments and using artificial ammunition to neutralise foes.
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The ship in a box – 21 ISO containers identical to those used on cargo ships, stacked to create a three-storey superstructure, crowned by a bridge – allows much more authentic training on land.
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Caption; Project Manager Alan Joyce (l) with Lt Chris Carter OC Board and Search School
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Caption; Workmen at HMS Raleigh fitting out the compartments and creating the various hiding places
Inside is a warren of passageways and compartments – cabins, mock engine rooms, a galley, cargo holds and mess areas – with numerous imaginative hiding places, just as smugglers, drug runners and terrorists use in the real world.
The complex has been built by the same team, FES, who erected a similar facility used by the 43 Commando Royal Marines at Faslane.
The facility north of the border is mostly empty inside, however, and has no space for personnel to rapid rope from a helicopter on to the deck.
Scource;
royalnavy.mod.uk - where the full article can be read and further images viewed.
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