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 |
Sponsored by | Lady Joanna Woodcock |
In service | 20 February 2019 |
Homeport | Marchwood Military Port, Southampton[1] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
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 | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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 Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by DSME in 2017, she entered service with the RFA on 20 February 2019.[7]
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