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Revision as of 19:45, 25 January 2005
| RFA Fort George | |
| Career | RFA Ensign |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 18 December 1987 |
| Laid down: | 9 March 1989 |
| Launched: | 1 March 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 16 July 1993 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 32,300 tonnes |
| Length: | 203.9 m |
| Beam: | 30.3 m |
| Draught: | 9.7 m |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 95 RFA 15 RN 24 RNSTS 154 RN Air Squadron personnel |
| Armament: | 2 Phalanx CIWS 4 BMARC 30 mm guns |
| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | |
RFA Fort George (A388) is a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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. As with Fort Rosalie, the ship received the Phalanx CIWS in a refit, in 1999.
In early 2000, the ship was diverted to Mozambique to help with relief efforts against devastating floods. Africa continued to loom large for much of the rest of the year, as the Fort George accompanied HMS Illustrious to the coast of Sierra Leone to support British operations to restore stability to that country. Late in the year, during a deployment in the Mediterranean, the ship helped passengers of the Greek ferry Express Samina which had run aground during a storm.
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