RFA Black Rover
1974 Rover-class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
RFA Black Rover was a Rover-class small fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was designed to replenish ships underway at sea with fuel, fresh water, and stores in all weather conditions. She had a helicopter deck served by a stores lift and was capable of conducting helicopter replenishment. Displacing 16,160 tonnes, she was powered by twin diesels and has a ship's company of 60.[1]
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RFA Black Rover at West Float, Birkenhead, in May 2016 | |
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Name | RFA Black Rover |
Operator | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
Launched | 30 October 1973 |
Commissioned | 23 August 1974 |
Decommissioned | 2015 |
Out of service | 2015 |
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Fate | Scrapped 2019 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rover-class tanker |
Displacement |
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Length | 461 ft (140.5 m) |
Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
Draught | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
Range | 15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x Avon searider |
Capacity | 3,000 m3 of fuel |
Crew | 60 |
Sensors and processing systems | Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS. 1690 I band navigation radars |
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