Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service
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The Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service, or RNSTS, is the civilian-manned logistics service that supports the British Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). It is part of the MOD (Navy).
The RNSTS is responsible for the maintenance, distribution and clerical oversight of all forms of stores between depot and ship. This includes:
- Electronic Stores (including radar, sonar, electronic warfare and communications equipment)
- Armaments
- Victuals
- Fuel
- Motor Transport
Some RNSTS personnel serve at sea on RFA replenishment ships. During the Falklands War the RNSTS was responsible for supplying the task force, as well as pressing commercial ships such as the Queen Elizabeth 2 into military service (known as STUFT, or Ships Taken Up From Trade).
The head of the RNSTS is the Director General Supply and Transport (Navy), or DGST(N).
[edit] Reference
- British Warships & Auxilleries (see section on Royal Fleet Auxillery, p.61) - Mike Critchley, ISBN 0 9506323 8 4
- RNSTS flag at FOTW Flags Of The World website at http://flagspot.net/flags/
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