RFA Tideforce A139

Having a re-fit at Pendennis shipyard, Falmouth, Cornwall

 

RFA Tideforce is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 24 January 2018.

 

RFA Tideforce on the Firth of Clyde on 28 February 2019.

 

History United Kingdom

 

Name:RFA TideforceOrdered:February 2012

 

Builder:DSME

Laid down:24 December 2015

Launched:21 January 2017

In service:30 July 2019

Identification:IMO number: 9655561

Pennant number: A139Status:In

 

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)

 

Range:18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)

 

Capacity:Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel (19.000m3) and fresh water (1,400m3) Lubrication oil stored in drumsStowage for up to 8 × 20 containers

 

Complement: 63 plus 46 non-crew embarked persons (Royal Marines, flight crew, trainees)

 

Sensors and

processing systems: Kelvin HughesIntegrated Bridge SystemServowatch IPMS System3 × SharpEye radar

 

Armament:2 × Phalanx CIWS2 × 30 mm cannons

 

Aircraft carried:1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter

 

Tideforce departed from her builders on 23 June 2018 and reached UK waters on 12 August 2018. At A&P's Falmouth dockyard she was fitted out with sensitive military equipment prior to entering service in 2019

Done