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RFA Tidespring (A136)

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History
United Kingdom
Name: RFA "Tidespring"
Namesake: RFA Tidespring
Ordered: February 2012
Builder: DSME
Laid down: December 2014
Launched: April 2015
In service: Expected Mid 2017
Identification: Pennant number: A136
Status: On delivery voyage from Korea to UK
General characteristics
Type: 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)
Draft: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: CODELOD
Speed: 26.8 knots (49.6 km/h; 30.8 mph)
Range: 18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)
Capacity:
  • Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel and fresh water
  • 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
Armament:
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × 30 mm cannons
Aircraft carried: 1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin)

RFA Tidespring is a Tide Class Replenishment Tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, the ship was accepted by the Ministry of Defence in 2017, approximately 18 months behind schedule and as of February 2017 she is enroute to the UK via Japan and Hawaii before undergoing final fitting out at A&P Falmouth prior to joining the fleet.

Tidespring is the first new vessel to join the RFA since RFA Lyme Bay in 2007.


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