Thieves steal fuel meant for LPD HMS Bulwark

Haijun watcher · Post by **Haijun watcher** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:38 pm

This reminds me of an older thread on a story where a Russian captain managed to steal a propeller from his own destroyer in drydock and sell it on the black market:

UK Defence Journal

Thieves steal fuel meant for HMS Bulwark
By George Allison - April 7, 2022

It has been reported that thieves have managed to steal �250,000 worth of diesel destined for a docked Royal Navy warship in what is being described as one of the UK�s biggest ever fuel heists.
The fuel was stolen whilst HMS Bulwark is in port for maintenance. In late 2020 Bulwark was dry-docked for phase two of her optimised support period. The ship is to remain in dry dock prior to undertaking a phase 3 �recertification package� ahead of her planned return to the fleet in 2023.

This was first reported by Jerome Starkey at The Sun. According to The Sun here, the operation was only foiled when a guard performed a spot check on a tanker leaving the site. The Sun say that a source told them:

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