Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Tankers

(asked on 13th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of RFA tankers the Royal Navy requires in order to service the (a) carrier strike and (b) other Royal Navy commitments over the next 10 years.


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This question was answered on 18th June 2018

There are no plans to sell the Wave Class ships to Brazil. No further Wave Class ships will enter service as the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is receiving four Tide Class tankers: Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce. These ships will support the Royal Navy over the next 10 years.

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