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Fort Rosalie or Fort (I)-class replenishment ship (1978) Fort Rosalie; Fort Austin; Regent-class armament stores ship (1967) Regent; Resource; Ness class stores support ship (1966) Lyness; Stromness; Tarbatness; Hebe-class stores freighter (1962) Hebe; Bacchus; Air Stores Support Ship (1957) Reliant; Retainer-class armaments/victualling stores ...
List of current amphibious warefare ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Dock landing ships Class / Type Ship Pennant No. Image In service Out of service Service life Status Ref. Bay-class dock landing ship Lyme Bay L3007 26 November 2007 — 17 years, 70 days Active [2] Cardigan Bay L3009 18 December 2006 — 18 years, 48 days
Ships in RFA service carry the ship prefix RFA, standing for Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and fly the Blue Ensign defaced with an upright gold killick anchor. All Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are built and maintained to Lloyd's Register and Department for Transport standards.
There are two ships in the class, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler. The ships were ordered to replace the aging Ol-class tankers RFA Olna and RFA Olwen. [3] The two vessels have seen service in a number of locations, including anti-drug and hurricane relief operations in the Caribbean Sea, [7] [8] [9] anti-piracy activities around the Horn of ...
RFA Tideforce is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Launched in 2017, the ship entered service with the RFA in 2019. Launched in 2017, the ship entered service with the RFA in 2019.
The King Salvor-class salvage vessel was a series of twelve ocean salvage vessels operated by the RFA. [5] RFA King Salvor (A291) RFA Salviking; RFA Ocean Salvor (A492) RFA Prince Salvor (A292) RFA Salvage Duke; RFA Salvalour (A494) RFA Salventure; RFA Salvestor (A499) RFA Salvictor (A500) RFA Salvigil (A501) RFA Salviola (A502)
The Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship (MROSS) is a type of research and surveillance ship in development since 2021 for the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1] The first ship, RFA Proteus, is a commercial ship converted to the role which entered service in October 2023. [2] The second ship is planned, potentially as a new build vessel.
RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary operated by the Ministry of Defence under the Blue Ensign. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant . The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for a four-year conversion to an Aviation Training Ship ...