RFA Tiderace (1)
For details of RFA Tiderace (1) please see RFA Tideflow
RFA Tiderace (2)
Reproduced with permission of the MOD
Subsequent name:
Official Number: 9655547
Class: Fast Fleet Tanker (MARS)
Pennant No: A137
Laid down: 8 June 2015
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
Launched: 28 November 2015
Into Service: 29 June 2017
Out of service:
Fate:
Items of historic interest involving this ship: -
Background Data: A class of four tankers at a total cost of £452 million - designed by BMT Defence Services, Bath
22 February 2012 ordered
6 November 2013 Ships Badge approved by the Admiralty Board
July 2014 Yard Number 7045. IMO Nr 9655547
8 December 2014 first steel cut
8 June 2015 laid down at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
4 October 2015 Captain (X) Shaun Jones OBE RFA assumed command
Captain (X) Shaun Jones OBE RFA
10 November 2015 a shipyard worker was killed and seven were injured in a fire which broke out on an LPG carrier being built in the same dry dock as RFA Tiderace. It took the local fire brigade nearly an hour to control the blaze. A South Korean Government investigation into the blaze resulted in all work in No: 8 Dry Dock being suspended and delayed the launch (float out) of RFA Tiderace by nearly three weeks. Source World Maritime News
28 November 2015 launched (floated out)
19 October 2016 RFA TIDERACE on a Launch Barge
1 December 2016 officially named by her Lady Sponser Mrs Anita Lister (wife of Vice Admiral Simon R Lister CB OBE).
15 December 2016 It was reported in the House of Commons that at the naming ceremony for RFA TIDERACE 25 members of the Armed Forces and 10 MOD civilian staff were present
13 January 2017 sailed Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea on builders trials
17 January 2017 berthed at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
18 January 2017 Captain Captain (X) Simon C Herbert RFA appointed as Commanding Officer
11 February 2017 sailed Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea on further builders trials
DSME Sea Trial Area
17 February 2017 arrived at Okpo Anchorage sailing just over one hour later
18 February 2017 berthed at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
16 March 2017 entered dry dock at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
8 May 2017 floated out from launch barge and berthed on E4 Berth at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for final stages of fitting out. Captain (X) Shaun P Jones OBE RFA resumed command
Image courtesy of 2nd Officer (E) A Cooper
9 June 2017 sailed Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea on further builders trials
10 June 2017 returned to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea after sea trials
16 June 2017 Captain (E) Peter R G Dear RFA appointed as Chief Engineer Officer
23 June 2017 sailed Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea on further builders trials returning the same day
RFA TIDERACE (2) returns to Okpo
29 June 2017 signed for AOC at Okpo and joined the RFA Service
5 July 2017 Captain (X) Robert H Allan OBE RFA appointed Commanding Officer
28 July 2017 sailed Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea
29 July 2017 anchored at Okpo Anchorage
1 August 2017 sailed Okpo Anchorage
3 August 2017 passed through the Kanmon Straits, Japan and entered the Inland Sea
5 August 2017 berthed at the US Naval Base at Yokosuka, Japan
11 August 2017 sailed from the US Naval Base at Yokosuka, Japan
27 August 2017 berthed at the US Naval Base at San Diego, California
30 August 2017 sailed San Diego, California
7 September 2017 anchored at Panama City anchorage
8 September 2017 transited the Panama Canal
10 September 2017 berthed at Curacao
13 September 2017 sailed Curacao
24 September 2017 arrived at Falmouth and anchored off the port
25 September 2017 berthed at Falmouth
© Gary Davies, Maritime Photographic
