June 16, 2007:  The Royal Navy support ship RFA Wave Ruler  is expected to anchor off Road Bay on Sunday and remain in Anguilla until June 20.

The ship will host visits by students on Monday June 18, and crew members are expected to attend the Queen's Birthday celebrations  later that evening at Government House.

File Photo: Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming and Governor Andrew George

The next day the commanding officer Captain M T Jarvis RFA is expected to pay courtesy calls on Governor Andrew George, Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming and Commissioner of Police Keithly Benjamin.

It is also expected that members of the Ship’s Company will also be providing training assistance to various agencies in Anguilla during her brief visit.

The RFA Wave Ruler is one of two Wave class fleet tankers operating in support of the Royal Navy. Her sister ship RFA Wave Knight visited Anguilla in May 2005.

RFA Wave Ruler was launched at the BAE shipyard in Govan, near Glasgow, in February 2001, and was handed over to the RFA in October 2003. The ship has a capacity to carry some 16,900 tonnes of fuel and 915 tonnes of dry stores. She has been deployed to the Caribbean region since April 2006 and is due to spend 17 months in the region. She is the second and last ship of her class currently in service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.