51 (Port) Squadron RLC have four Army Work Boats.
The four are named WB41 Storm, WB42 Diablo, WB43 Mistral and WB44 Sirocco.
They are 14.75m x 4.3m, weigh 48 tonnes, have a top speed of 10 knots and are equipped with firefighting equipment. When deployed they are usually carried as deck cargo on a specially designed cradle and craned to the surface as needed.
The Army Workboat can be used as tugs for Mexeflote’s, positioning other pontoon equipment and for handling flexible pipelines.
Built by Warbreck Engineering, Liverpool, UK