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On grey morning, the RFA Wave Knight departs Rothesay Bay, Isle of Bute, Scorland.
RFA Wave Knight is a Wave-class Tanker, displacing 31,500 tonnes, of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and is tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world.
Wave Knight was built by VSEL (after 1999, BAE Systems Marine) in Barrow-in-Furness, being launched in 2000. She was accepted into service in 2003 and is the second ship to bear this name in RFA service. Wave Knight and her sister Wave Ruler replaced the elderly Olna and Olwen (two Ol-class Tanker 36,000 ton fast fleet tankers built at Swan Hunter and Hawthorn Leslie respectively in the 1960s.) She is currently commanded by Captain Ross Ferris, RFA.
Wave Knight has a standard crew of 80 Royal Fleet Auxiliarypersonnel with provision for a further 22 Royal Navy personnel to conduct helicopter and weapons systems operations. She carries a full medical team and sick bay and is capable of distributing 2,000 emergency relief packages in times of crisis.
The ship has the capability to supply fuel and other liquid cargo to vessels using replenishment rigs on port and starboard beams and through a Hudson reel-type stern rig. When providing support for amphibious operations, Wave Ruler is also able to deliver fuel to dracones positioned alongside. In addition to fuel, the ship carries ammunition and other stores which can be transferred while underway. She can operate a Merlin HM1helicopter, or other helicopters of similar size, from a hangar and flight deck at the stern.
Length: 196.5 metres;Beam: 28.25 metres; Draft: 9.97 metres.
Speed: 18 knots (33 kph). Range: 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Armament:
2 x DS30B cannon
2 x 7.62 Mk 44 Mini-guns
5 x 7.62 L7Machine guns
2 x Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 1 Merlin helicopter with full hangar facilities
Propulsion:
4 × Wartsila 12V 32E/GECLM diesel generators 25,514 metric horsepower (18.76 MW)
2 × GEC Alstom motors with Cegelec variable speed converters 19,040 metric horsepower (14 MW)
1 × shaft
18t thrust electric Kamewa bow thruster and 12t thrust electric stern thruster, both powered by Cegelec variable speed drives and motors.
Capacity:
6,000 m3 of liquids (of which 3,000 m3 aviation fuel & 380 m3 fresh water)
125 tonnes of lubricating oil
500 m3 of solids
150 tonnes of fresh food in eight 20ft refrigerated container units
Today was Bondi beach day, with a strawl from Bondi to Tamarama Beach and some serious rock climbing. Even a quick test of the sea, which was too cold and too wild. But, the kids tried, not everyday you get a chance to swim in the Pacific Ocean.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - As the sun was setting, a small storm cell formed. It was moving onshore a few miles to my south. The top of the cloud caught the sunlight and turned a beautiful shade of orange.
Great Beach, Pt. Reyes National Seashore
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I am most pleased to have a small section in the cabinet of curiosities at the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio. There on display are various bits and pieces of my 2003 VLCKR (very low coast KAP rig) cradle designed during a sabbatical spent as Artist-in-Residence at the museum. To complement the cradle artifacts I assembled a set of images to run on an iPad in the display as a continuous slide show.
Here they are. Many predate my Flickr days while others appear elsewhere in my Flickr photostream.
Power of wave action in the north-sea, the last ray's of the sun have been captured on the crest of a wave, taken at seaham Harbour.
Local poet Lord Byron, said he loved to look at the waves and storms of the north sea from this area of the Durham coast, when he lived at Seaham Hall Durham.
A mixture of sun and cloud today, more cloud. When the light is softer the sea takes on a beautiful blue. The surf was up to 4 m and a strong wind did its bit in creating spindrift. The energy is awesome.
Wave Photographer Clark Little has been taking his passion for the ocean to the next level as he grew. Today, Clark is one of the kind wave photographer who captures the waves in their most magnificent form.
Although this involves the risk of being hit by hard waves and being stuck in between ...
This is the 7th largest lake in Europa. A little bit windy day, perfect for long exp. shots!
First time a tried this with the waves. I like the effect.
Sea birds migrate true this area, so me and a few freinds spend some time looking for them. Pritty cold tougth. This were during the autumn.