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UK Fort II class (1992)

UK Fort I class (1978)

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Support Ship Fort II class (1992)





  Specifications


100crew
32300full load (tn)
203.90length (m)
30.40beam (m)
9.70draught (m)
22max speed (knots)

2Naval Engine diesel - SEMT Pielstick

2Naval Gun single 20 mm
2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
2Chaff and decoys Seagnat
1Chaff and decoys towed decoy Type 182

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Typical Max
UK Royal Navy AW EH101 03
UK Royal Navy Westland Sea King 05
UK Royal Navy Westland Lynx 05








  Shipyards


UK Harland and Wolff - Belfast1
UK Swan Hunter (Wallsend) - Wallsend1



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19932011UKRoyal Fleet AuxiliaryA388RFA Fort George GCOG - FO
1994--UKRoyal Fleet AuxiliaryA387RFA Fort Victoria GACE - FV




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  Events


1986-apr-24OrderedOrdered UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria
1987-dec-18OrderedOrdered UK A388 RFA Fort George
1988-apr-04Laid downLaid down UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Yard No 1727
1989-mar-09Laid downLaid down UK A388 RFA Fort George at Wallsend, Yard No. 129
1990-jun-12LaunchedLaunched UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria As of Oct 2019, this was the last non-warship Naval vessel actually built in Belfast (others had undergone maintenance / refit).
1991-mar-01LaunchedLaunched UK A388 RFA Fort George
1993-jul-16CommissionedCommissioned UK A388 RFA Fort George
1994-junCommissionedCommissioned UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria commissioning delayed by IRA bombing
1994-junAircraftAircraft UK A388 RFA Fort George detachment of 819 NAS Sea Kings embarked until c Aug 1994.
1996-apr-17DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for North Atlantic deployment. 845 NAS detachment embarked. Returned 24 Jun.
1996-apr-26DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George collided with tug assisting its docking at Brunswick, NC.
1997-jan-15DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport in support of Far East and Australasian deployment with Task Group 327.1, returning to HMNB Portsmouth on 27 Aug.
1997-jul-15Port VisitPort Visit UK A388 RFA Fort George visited Fremantle for 6 days, departed 21 Jul
1997-dec-01DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month Mediterranean and Adriatic deployment, returning 31 Mar 1998.
1998-jul-17Port VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria visit to Latakia in company with HMS Marlborough
1999RefitRefit UK A388 RFA Fort George CIWS Phalanx 20 mm fitted with Phalanx CIWS
1999-feb-01RefitRefit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria CIWS Phalanx 20 mm refit at Babcocks, until Jun 1999, fitted with Phalanx CIWS
1999-aug-20DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for planned Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean deployment. Diverted to join Sierra Leone operations in May 2000.
2000-janDeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed UK for Arabian Gulf deployment with a detachment of 820 NAS embarked, but was diverted to Beira peninsula (Mozambique) for flood relief work.
2000-may-07DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George Operation Palliser detached from Bay of Biscay to support Operation Palliser off Sierra Leone, returning via Canary Islands to Plymouth on 26 Jun.
2001-may-06RefitRefit UK A388 RFA Fort George refit at Tyneside, until 3 Aug
2001-nov-28DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed Devonport for Mediterranean and Indian Ocean deployment, returned 13 Jun 2002
2003-jan-18DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operation Telic to support post-combat and reconstruction operations in Iraq, with 4 Merlin from 814 NAS embarked, completing 28 May 2003.
2003-mar-10RefitRefit UK A388 RFA Fort George arrived at Greenock on the Clyde for c. 6 month refit. Departed 4 Sep.
2006-mar-23DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed Portland for exercise off Southern Norway. Embarked 824 NAS detachment following day. Returned to Portland 6 Apr.
2006-julDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operation Highbrow supported Royal Navy vessels in evacuation of British nationals from Beirut, during Israel-Lebanon war. Returned to UK on 8 Aug.
2007-aprHomeportHomeport UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria in extended readiness until Mar 2009
2008-junRefitRefit UK A388 RFA Fort George refit at Birkenhead with Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd until c Nov 2008
2008-oct-21 UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Portsmouth under tow for Birkenhead in preparation for refit.
2008-oct-27RefitRefit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria refit at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead until 11 Nov 2009
2009-jun-09DeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month deployment as Atlantic Patrol Tanker (North), 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8SRU ZD261/352 Fort George Flt embarked. Returned to Scotland 23 Oct.
2009-jul-15Port VisitPort Visit UK A388 RFA Fort George visit to Montserrat, until 20 Jul
2009-sep-07Port VisitPort Visit UK A388 RFA Fort George visit to Trinidad, until 10 Sep.
2010-mayDeploymentDeployment UK A388 RFA Fort George Exercise Auriga 2010 Participated in Joint exercise in Western Atlantic. Returned to Crombie 16 Aug 2010.
2010-jun-23Port VisitPort Visit UK A388 RFA Fort George Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for 7 days, including the International Fleet Review.
2010-aug-29DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Scotland for a 40 month Middle East waters and Indian Ocean deployment with anti-piracy force CTF-151. Relieved on station by RFA Fort Austin on 18 Oct 2013 and returned to Crombie on 9 Dec.
2010-dec-09Port VisitPort Visit UK A388 RFA Fort George Final visit to Tyneside before decommissioning.
2011-janDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Completed an anti-piracy support deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Somali Basin, with an 820 NAS Merlin embarked.
2011-febDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria relieved RFA Bayleaf as Arabian Gulf Ready Tanker.
2011-feb-22 UK A388 RFA Fort George departed Plymouth for final time, arrived Liverpool on 23 Apr.
2011-aprDecommissionedDecommissioned UK A388 RFA Fort George To decommission as part of the UK Oct 2010 Strategic Defence Review
2011-sepDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Dubai for anti-piracy deployment to Indian Ocean. 815NAS 229 Flt Lynx HMA.8SRU ZF562 embarked.
2011-oct-10DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Ships Flt Lynx came to aid of hi-jacked mv Montecristo, c 550 nm E of Somalia and re-took the ship with a Royal Marine boarding party.
2011-nov-21DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Off the Horn of Africa, performing a RAS with HMS Somerset.
2012-may-03AircraftAircraft UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria embarked MH-60R from HSM-77 Saberhawks (usually deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln) while part of CTF-151.
2012-sep-24RefitRefit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria refitted in Dubai (destored to RFA Fort Rosalie beforehand), until 29 Nov
2012-novFate: scrappedFate: scrapped UK A388 RFA Fort George sold for scrap. Still present on Merseyside Jan 2013.
2013-janDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Assigned as Support Ship to CTF 53 in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, following refit in Dubai. Relieved RFA Wave Ruler.
2013-jan-16Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped UK A388 RFA Fort George departed Merseyside under tow for Layal breakers yard, Turkey. Arrived 5 Mar.
2014-febRefitRefit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria 10 month refit at Birkenhead, which included overhaul of both main engines and replacement of both propellors and 6 diesel generators. Completed Jan 2015
2015-novPort VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Visited Duqm to assess suitability as a re-supply hub for Gulf and Indian Ocean operations
2015-decDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operating in the Gulf with Sea King ASaC.7 of 849 NAS Okinawa Flt embarked
2016-augDeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria conducted RAS in Arabian Gulf, with HMAS Perth.
2018-janRefitRefit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Departed Birkenhead after completion of refit on 26 Oct 2018. Apart from usual overhauls and repaint, she was fitted with a fast, high-capacity Heavy Replenishment at Sea (HRAS) system to support rapid solid stores supply to the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers and retrofitted with a limited double hull for the oil and aviation fuel tanks.
2020-sep-21DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2 Participated in Ex Joint Warrior 20-2 off NW Scotland
2021-mar-19Port VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria at Portland, until 4 Apr to take on stores, in Scotland.
2021-apr-07Port VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Taking on stores until 23 Apr.
2021-may-03AircraftAircraft UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria embarked 3x Merlin HC.4 of 845 NAS B Flt, in preparation for CSG21 deployment. Includes ZJ127 / L and J Coy 42 Commando, RM.
2021-may-10Port VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Minor fire in the cold stores while alongside at Portland, led to much of the frozen food for the CSG21 group deployment to be condemned and removed. Incident highlighted a lack of resilience for CSG21, as this was the sole Solid Support Ship assigned to the Group.
2021-jul-07DeploymentDeployment UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria Transit of Suez Canal from Mediterranean, with CSG21 main force.
2021-aug-06Port VisitPort Visit UK A387 RFA Fort Victoria arrived in Guam as part of HMS Queen Elizabeth group









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