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History
United Kingdom
NameRFA Tideforce
OrderedFebruary 2012
BuilderDSME
Laid down24 December 2015
Launched21 January 2017
In serviceExpected 2019
Identification
StatusOn Delivery Voyage
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass2- fast fleet tanker
Displacement37,000 t (36,000 long tons)
Length200.9 m (659 ft 1 in)
Beam28.6 m (93 ft 10 in)[2]
Draft10 m (32 ft 10 in)
PropulsionCODELOD
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[4]
Range18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)
Capacity
  • Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel (1,900m3) and fresh water (1,300m3)
  • Lubrication oil stored in drums
  • Stowage for up to 8 × 20 containers
Complement63 plus 46 non-crew embarked persons (Royal Marines, flight crew, trainees)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Kelvin Hughes Integrated Bridge System
  • Servowatch IPMS System
  • 3 × SharpEye radar[3]
Armament
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × 30 mm cannons
Aircraft carried1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter

RFA Tideforce is a Template:Sclass2- replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 24 January 2018.

Tideforce departed from her builders on 23 June 2018 and reached UK waters on 12 August 2018. At A&P's Falmouth dockyard she will be fitted out with sensitive military equipment prior to entering service in 2019.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tide Class MARS Tanker". BMT. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. ^ "DSME Announced as Winning Bid for Royal Navy's MARS Tanker Competition". Defencepro Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Kelvin Hughes to supply equipment for 4 MARS tankers vessels for Royal Fleet Auxiliary". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Third Tide-Class Tanker Arrives in UK". gov.uk. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ http://www.ap-group.co.uk/2015/01/27/ap-group-wins-major-mod-contract-to-customise-and-support-new-rfa-tanker-fleet/
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