RFA Gold Rover (A271)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 7 March 1973 |
| Commissioned: | 22 March 1974 |
| Status: | active in service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Light: 4,700 tons Full load: 11,522 tons Gross: 7,510 tons Net: 3,185 tons 6,692 dwt |
| Length: | 461 ft (140.5 m) |
| Beam: | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA 4 diesls 1 × shaft Bow thruster 15,360 hp (11.5 MW) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,000 m³ of fuel |
| Complement: | 16 officers 31 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Racal Decca 52690 ARPA and 1690 I band navigation radars |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 2 × Corvus and 2 × Plessey Shield decoy launchers Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy |
| Armament: | 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | Helicopter deck but no hangar |
RFA Gold Rover (A271) is a small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
| Rover-class tanker |
| Green Rover | Grey Rover | Blue Rover | Gold Rover | Black Rover |
List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
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