RFA Tiderace A137

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Name:RFA Tiderace

Ordered:February 2012

Builder:DSME,Geoje South Korea.

Laid down:June 2015

Launched:November 2015

In service:2 August 2018

Identification: IMO number: 9655547

Pennant number: A137

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)

Draft:10 m (32 ft 10 in)

Propulsion:CODELOD

Speed:27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)

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

Armament:2 × Phalanx CIWS

2 × 30 mm cannons

Aircraft carried:1 medium helicopter

Aviation facilities:Full hangar facilities (Merlin/Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter

 

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