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RFA TIDESPRING A136 alongside at HMNB Clyde 20/04/2018.
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Namesake: RFA Tidespring
Ordered: February 2012
Builder: DSME Korea
Laid down: December 2014
Launched: April 2015
In service: 27 November 2017
Identification:
IMO number: 9655535
MMSI number: 235109357
Callsign: GXRG
Pennant number: A136
Status: active
General characteristics
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: 26.8 knots (49.6 km/h; 30.8 mph)
Range: 18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)
Capacity:
Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel (19,000m3) and fresh water (1,300m3)
Lubrication oil stored in drums
Stowage for up to 8 × 20 containers
Complement: 63 + 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
Armament:
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 30 mms cannons
Aircraft carried: 1 medium helicopter with full hangar facilities (Merlin / Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter
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