RFA Tideforce (A139)

History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Tideforce
Ordered: February 2012
Builder: DSME
Laid down: 24 December 2015
Launched: 21 January 2017
In service: Expected 2019
Identification:
Status: Fitting out (August 2018)[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Tide-class 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)[4]
Range: 18,200 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
Complement: 63 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[5]
Armament:
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × 30 mm cannons
Aircraft carried: 1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter

RFA Tideforce is a Tide-class 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "All four Royal Navy tankers home as RFA Tideforce arrives in Cornwall". NavalToday.com. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018. “RFA Tideforce is the final vessel of her class and this is the fourth time we have supported a Tide class vessel during their arrival voyage,” David McGinley, managing director Atlantic and Peninsular marine services for A&P Group said. “We will now complete the customization, fit-out and capability assessment trials to the same high standards, on time and to budget, as we have for the rest of the fleet.”
  2. ↑ "Tide Class MARS Tanker". BMT. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "DSME Announced as Winning Bid for Royal Navy's MARS Tanker Competition". Defencepro Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "HMS Westminster's refuelling first with new tanker RFA Tidespring". Royal Navy. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kelvin Hughes to supply equipment for 4 MARS tankers vessels for Royal Fleet Auxiliary". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  6. ↑ 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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