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Rover class tanker

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Builders
  
Swan Hunter

In commission
  
1970–

Built
  
1968–1974

Completed
  
5

Rover-class tanker

Operators
  
Royal Fleet Auxiliary  Indonesian Navy  Portuguese Navy

Displacement
  
16,160 tonnes 6,692 tonnes deadweight (DWT)

The Rover class is a ship class of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea (RAS) with fuel oils and with limited supplies of other naval stores. For RAS tasking, they can refuel a vessel on either beam and a third trailing astern and have a large flight deck to allow vertical replenishment (VERTREP) with helicopters.

References

Rover-class tanker Wikipedia