RFA Tidesurge (A138)

RFA Tidesurge in Cornwall on 27 March 2018.
History
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:
Status: Fitting out
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 (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[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 Tidesurge is a Tide-class 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

  1. ↑ http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-tidesurge-ships-details
  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.dsme.co.kr/pub/ds/td/dstd030Q.do?dt_type=tod&src_today_type=&dt_seq_no=3299&currentPageNo=1
  7. ↑ "Third Tide-Class Tanker Arrives in UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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