RFA Fort George
RFA Fort George (A388) | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Fort George |
| Namesake | Fort George |
| Ordered | 18 Dec 1987 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Yard number | 129 |
| Laid down | 9 March 1989 |
| Launched | 1 March 1991 |
| Completed | 16 July 1993 |
| Commissioned | 16 July 1993 |
| Decommissioned | June 2011 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped January 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fort Victoria-class replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 32,300 long tons (32,818 t) full load |
| Length | 203.9 m (669 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 30.3 m (99 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 47,360 hp (35,320 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Oil engines, PC2 type |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
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RFA Fort George was a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and one of two Fort Victoria-class replenishment oilers.
Fort George was ordered from Swan Hunter in late 1987. The ship was laid down in 1989, launched by the wife of the Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Jock Slater in 1991 and commissioned in 1993. Along with RFA Fort Victoria, the ship was equipped with two Phalanx CIWS point defence guns during a refit at Tyne in 1999.