# Tees Components wins thruster order for polar research vessel

Tees Components won a contract from Cammell Laird shipyard to supply four White Gill 360° azimuth thrusters for the new polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough, being built at Cammell Laird in Merseyside. The article gives no contract value.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-05-25
- Where: Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: 360° azimuth thrusters, White Gill thrusters
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Tees Components](https://endata.com/companies/3345.md) (supplier)
- [Cammell Laird](https://endata.com/companies/3346.md) (customer)
- [Natural Environment Research Council](https://endata.com/companies/3347.md) (partner)
- [British Antarctic Survey](https://endata.com/companies/3348.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [teesgillthrusters.com](http://www.teesgillthrusters.com/news/a-different-news-story), 2018-05-25: "Contracted by Cammell Laird shipyard, Tees will design, manufacture, build and commission four 60-T3S-QR models of its 360° azimuth thrusters."

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