RFA Tiderace (A137)

Tiderace in August 2017
History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA Tiderace
Ordered: February 2012
Builder: DSME
Laid down: June 2015
Launched: November 2015
In service: 2 August 2018
Identification:
Status: In Service
General characteristics [1]
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)[2]
Draft: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: CODELOD
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)[3]
Range: 18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)
Capacity:
  • Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel (19,000m3) 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[4]
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 Tiderace is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 1 December 2016[5] and was accepted by the Ministry of Defence in June 2017.[6] Tiderace entered service on 2 August 2018.[7]

Tiderace departed her builders in August 2017 bound for the United Kingdom.[8] She arrived at A&P Falmouth, Cornwall on 25 September 2017 for final fitting out with sensitive military equipment prior to UK sea trials and entry into service in 2018.[9][10]

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. ↑ "HMS Westminster's refuelling first with new tanker RFA Tidespring". Royal Navy. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kelvin Hughes to supply equipment for 4 MARS tankers vessels for Royal Fleet Auxiliary". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/rfa-tiderace-unveiled-in-south-korea
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/RfaNostalgia/status/880298421441224704
  7. ↑ "NavyLookout on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  8. ↑ http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/15462213.RFA_Tiderace_leaves_South_Korea_for_Falmouth_via_American_base_in_Japan/
  9. ↑ "New ship to support the aircraft carriers arrives in UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  10. ↑ 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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