RFA Tideforce (A139)

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 Tideforce
Ordered: February 2012
Builder: DSME
Laid down: 24 December 2015
Launched: 21 January 2017
In service: 30 July 2019
Identification:
Status: In active Service
General characteristics [1]
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)[3]
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 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[4]
Armament:
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.[5]

References
  1. "Tide Class MARS Tanker". BMT. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. "DSME Announced as Winning Bid for Royal Navy's MARS Tanker Competition". Defencepro Daily. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. "HMS Westminster's refuelling first with new tanker RFA Tidespring". Royal Navy. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. "Kelvin Hughes to supply equipment for 4 MARS tankers vessels for Royal Fleet Auxiliary". navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. http://www.ap-group.co.uk/2015/01/27/ap-group-wins-major-mod-contract-to-customise-and-support-new-rfa-tanker-fleet/
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