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Index RFA Fort Austin

RFA Fort Austin is a retired British ''Fort Rosalie''-class dry stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: A&P Group, Birkenhead, British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War, Cammell Laird, Exercise Spring Train, Falklands War, Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship, Frigate, General-purpose machine gun, Great Float, Hebburn, HMNB Portsmouth, Marchwood Military Port, Maritime call sign, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Pennant number, Phalanx CIWS, RFA Fort George, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service, Royal Navy, San Carlos Water, Scott Lithgow, Southampton, Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, Tide-class tanker, Treaty of Tlatelolco, Tyne and Wear, Type 22 frigate, Underway replenishment, WE.177.

  2. Auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom
  3. Cold War auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom
  4. Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ships
  5. Maritime incidents in 2017

A&P Group

A&P Group Ltd is the largest ship repair and conversion company in the UK, with three shipyards located in Hebburn, Middlesbrough and Falmouth.

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974.

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British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

The United Kingdom began a military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser.

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Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company.

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Exercise Spring Train

Exercise Spring Train (also referred to as Springtrain) was an annual Royal Navy-led NATO maritime exercise conducted in the Eastern Atlantic.

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Falklands War

The Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship

The Fort Rosalie or Fort class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary were designed to replenish Royal Navy taskgroups with various armaments and victualling stores while under way. RFA Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship are auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom and fort Rosalie-class replenishment ships.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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General-purpose machine gun

A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns.

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Great Float

The Great Float is a body of water on the Wirral Peninsula, England, formed from the natural tidal inlet, the Wallasey Pool.

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Hebburn

Hebburn is a town in the South Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England.

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HMNB Portsmouth

His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport).

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Marchwood Military Port

Marchwood Military Port (MMP) or Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (SMC) is a military port located in Marchwood, Southampton on the south coast of the UK, and the base of 17 Port & Maritime Regiment Royal Logistic Corps.

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Maritime call sign

Maritime call signs are call signs assigned as unique identifiers to ships and boats.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Pennant number

In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948).

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Phalanx CIWS

The Phalanx CIWS is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats.

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RFA Fort George

RFA Fort George was a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and one of two s. 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.

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence.

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Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service

The Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service, or RNSTS, was the civilian manned logistics service that supported the British Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA); being part of the MOD (Navy).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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San Carlos Water

San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound.

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Scott Lithgow

Scott Lithgow, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010

The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 was announced by the formed Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of the United Kingdom in May 2010, and published on 19 October 2010.

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Tide-class tanker

The Tide-class tanker (formerly the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) project) is a class of four fast fleet tankers that entered service with the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary from 2017.

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Treaty of Tlatelolco

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (commonly known as The Tlatelolco Treaty) is an international treaty that establishes the denuclearization of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Type 22 frigate

The Type 22 frigate also known as the Broadsword class was a class of frigates built for the British Royal Navy.

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Underway replenishment

Underway replenishment (UNREP) (U.S. Navy) or replenishment at sea (RAS) (North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Commonwealth of Nations) is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way.

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WE.177

The WE.177, originally styled as WE 177, and sometimes simply as WE177, was a series of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons with which the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) were equipped.

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See also

Auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom

Cold War auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom

Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ships

Maritime incidents in 2017

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Fort_Austin

Also known as IMO 7342938, RFA Fort Austin (A386).