RFA Tidespring (A136)
RFA Tidespring | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | RFA Tidespring |
| Namesake | RFA Tidespring |
| Ordered | February 2012 |
| Builder | DSME |
| Laid down | December 2014 |
| Launched | April 2015 |
| In service | 27 November 2017 |
| Homeport | Marchwood Military Port, Southampton |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Draft | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | CODELOD |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi) |
| Capacity |
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| Complement | 63 plus 46 non-crew embarked persons (Royal Marines, flight crew, trainees) |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter |
RFA Tidespring is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by DSME in 2016, the ship entered service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in November 2017.