RFA Tidesurge (A138)
RFA Tidesurge in Cornwall on 27 March 2018.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | RFA Tidesurge |
Ordered | February 2012 |
Builder | DSME |
Laid down | 7 December 2015 |
Launched | 4 June 2016[1] |
In service | Expected 2018 |
Identification |
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Status | Fitting out |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass2- fast fleet tanker |
Displacement | 37,000 t (36,000 long tons) |
Length | 200.9 m (659 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 28.6 m (93 ft 10 in)[3] |
Draft | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | CODELOD |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)[5] |
Range | 18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi) |
Capacity |
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Complement | 63 plus 46 non-crew embarked persons (Royal Marines, flight crew, trainees) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter |
RFA Tidesurge is a Template:Sclass2- replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 29 August 2017.[6]
Tidesurge was accepted off contract on 15 November 2017. She arrived at A&P Falmouth, Cornwall, on 27 March 2018 for final fitting out with sensitive military equipment prior to UK sea trials and entry into service later in 2018.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-tidesurge-ships-details
- ^ "Tide Class MARS Tanker". BMT. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "DSME Announced as Winning Bid for Royal Navy's MARS Tanker Competition". Defencepro Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Kelvin Hughes to supply equipment for 4 MARS tankers vessels for Royal Fleet Auxiliary". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "HMS Westminster's refuelling first with new tanker RFA Tidespring". Royal Navy. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ http://www.dsme.co.kr/pub/ds/td/dstd030Q.do?dt_type=tod&src_today_type=&dt_seq_no=3299¤tPageNo=1
- ^ "Third Tide-Class Tanker Arrives in UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 March 2018.