RFA Green Rover (A268)

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RFA Green Rover
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Career (UK) Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ensign
Laid down:
Launched: 19 December 1968
Commissioned: 15 August 1969
Decommissioned: 1992
Status: unknown
General Characteristics
Displacement: Light: 4,700 tons
Full load: 11,522 tons
Gross: 7,510 tons
Net: 3,185 tons
6,822 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 Green Rover (A268) was a fleet support 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