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	Naval Technology - RFA Fort Victoria Class - Fleet Replenishment Ships
		RFA Fort Victoria was part of the UK Royal Navy Task Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March and April 2004.
		In July 2006, RFA Fort Victoria supported operations in the evacuation of UK nationals from Beirut during the conflict involving Israel and Lebanon, as part of the Royal Navy Operation Highbrow.
		RFA Fort Victoria is also fitted with a two-spot flight deck, a hangar and maintenance facilities for five Sea King or Merlin helicopters.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/victoria (818 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - RFA Fort George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Fort George, and her sister ship RFA Fort Victoria, combine the functions of ocean-going fast fleet support tanker and stores support ship - a new concept in logistics support policy at the time, as the prevailing fashion had been fro single-role support ships and tankers.
		RFA Fort George was laid down at Swan Hunter on Tyneside in March 1989, and was launched by Lady Annie Slater, wife of the then Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Jock Slater, just under two years, just under two years later.
		Fort George, returning to the UK from her role in Exercise Purple Star, off the American east coast, altered course and increased speed to reach the Canadian yacht.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/fortgeorge.asp (852 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Fort George A388
		RFA Fort George was ordered from Swan Hunter on the 18th of December 1987.
		In March of 2000 RFA Fort George supported the international relief effort for the flood victims of Mozambique, RFA Fort George was later awarded the Wilkinson Sword of Peace for her efforts.
		Once the hose has been connected, RFA Fort George is able to pump fuel across to the receiving ship as well as water, aviation fuel, and lubrication oil.
	www.toysoutofthepram.com /html/rfa_fort_george_a388.html (374 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - RFA Fort Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		FORT Victoria is a handy ship to have around – she and her sister Fort George are often described as floating warehouses, although even that does not quite cover the waterfront.
		Fort Victoria has an impressive flight deck which is served by three hangars, each of which can handle an aircraft the sized of a Sea King or Merlin, and she has repair facilities on board for the latter.
		Fort Victoria was in refit between April and October last year, and was due to complete her Operational Sea Training under Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) as Navy News went to press.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/fortvictoria.asp (458 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary at AllExperts
		The RFA really came into its own in World War II when the British fleet was often far from available bases, either due to the enemy capturing available bases, or, in the Pacific, the sheer distances involved.
		After 1945, the RFA assumed centre stage in supporting the operations of the Royal Navy in the many conflicts that the Navy was involved in.
		RFA vessels have civilian crews augmented with Royal Navy personnel to perform specialised military functions, such as operating and maintaining helicopters or manning hospital facilities.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/royal_fleet_auxiliary.htm (1147 words)

	Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary at Toys Out Of The Pram - unofficial RFA site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One of the class, RFA Sir Galahad, was sunk in the Falklands War, and the current ship of that name is a replacement for the sunk vessel built after the war.
		The RFA is a mixture of old and new vessels.
		RFA Sir Tristram last sailed on the 16th Dec 2005.
	www.toysoutofthepram.com /html/rfa_ships.html (354 words)

	RFA Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		RFA personnel are trained in line with their counterparts in the Merchant Navy but with additional naval training to equip them to operate in partnership with the Royal Navy in an operational environment.
		The RFA provided frontline support during both Gulf Wars notably RFA Argus serving as a Casualty Receiving Ship in 1991 and Sir Galahad delivering much needed humanitarian aid to the liberated port of Umm Qasr in 2003, continuing the role of her namesake from the Falklands Campaign.
		RFA Diligence is a Forward Repair Ship originally requisitioned for the Falklands Campaign but proved so useful she was transferred permanently to the RFA.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /exhibit_RFA.htm (767 words)

	Royal Navy: 8 Jul 2003: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		RFA Fort Rosalie, Fort Austin and Fort Victoria were deployed as Fleet Replenishment ships, providing stores for the task group.
		RFA Argus was deployed in her role as Primary Casualty Receiving Facility.
		RFA Sea Crusader was used in the strategic sea lift role.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2003-07-08.124059.h (561 words)

	Fear The Rise Of The Bananas !!! -- Digital Demon Wasn't My Idea It Was Bozo's !!
		RFAs are distinguished by their grey colour and their flag, the blue ensign defaced by an upright gold anchor.
		RFA Fort George and her sister-ship RFA Fort Victoria routinely operate with a Royal Navy air squadron with all the aircrews and support staff embarked.
		Her sister-ship, RFA Sir Galahad, was lost in that conflict, and the present ship of that name, built to replace her, entered service in 1988.
	www.freewebs.com /digitaldemon/theroyalnavy.htm (2301 words)

	RFA Fort George (A388) at AllExperts
		RFA Fort George (A388) is a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		Fort George was ordered from Swan Hunter in late 1987.
		Along with RFA Fort Victoria, the ship was equipped with two Phalanx CIWS anti-aircraft guns during a refit at Tyne in 1999.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/rf/rfa_fort_george_(a388).htm (224 words)

	Fort Class Stores Ships
		Another, Fort Colville, was transferred to the Ministry of Transport in 1946.
		Fort Beauharnois, Fort Charlotte and Fort Dunvegan were employed as Stores Issuing Ships, Fort Rosalie and Fort Sandusky as Armanet Stores Carriers and Fort Duquesne as an Air Stores Ship.
		Fort Roslaie and Fort Sandusky remained in service the longest, both being laid up at Rosyth on May 1st 1972.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/RFA/fort.htm (550 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 8 Jul 2003 (pt 10)
		RFA Diligence was deployed as forward repair vessel.
		RFA Sir Tristram, RFA Sir Galahad, RFA Sir Bedivere, RFA Sir Percival, RFA Diligence, RFA Fort Rosalie, RFA Fort Austin and RFA Fort Victoria provided fuel, logistic support, stores, and land force transportation capabilities and a forward repair facility.
		RFA Argus acted as an aviation platform and Primary Casualty Receiving Facility.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030708/text/30708w10.htm (1336 words)

	Floating storehouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With a length of more than 200 meters and a draught of almost ten meters the RFA FORT VICTORIA is a very big ship.
		Instead it is lying at anchor outside the harbour and all transport to and from the ship is done with one of the tug boats of the Danish Navy.
		FORT VICTORIA is one of 22 ships in the‘Royal Fleet Auxiliary’ (RFA) that supports the Royal Navy.
	forsvaret.dk /LoyalMariner05/eng/News/2005-04-18victoria.htm (279 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| The Royal Navy's Lebanon fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Part of the civilian-manned Royal Fleet Auxiliary service, Fort Victoria is designated as an Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) ship, but is often described as a "floating warehouse".
		Named after a fort on the Isle of Wight, Fort Victoria was ordered from Harland and Wolff in 1986, and was launched in 1990.
		Fort Victoria has four dual-purpose abeam replenishment rigs, which means it can transfer both fuel and stores to two ships at the same time
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/5184168.stm (1156 words)

	Bond Instrumentation - Specialists in Control & Instrumentation for Marine and Land Based Industries
		The ship concerned is the 32 000 ton Fort Victoria, which is classed by Lloyds Register with UMS notation for unmanned machinery space and operates as a combined fleet support tanker/stores ship for the Royal Navy.
		The Bond system was designed and built in-house from placement of contract and to final factory acceptance test within eight months, and fitted onto the ship during its 96-day refit period at A and P Tyne Ltd's shipyard at Wallsend.
		The system was designed and built in-house from placement of contract to final factory acceptance test within 8 months and fitted onto the ship during its 96-day refit period at A and P Tyne Ltd., at Wallsend.
	www.bond.uk.com /press.htm (1764 words)

	RFA Ships - Forts & Nesses.
		Anyone believing their rights to be infringed by these low resolution images should contact the Webmaster who will remove them.
		RFA Fort Grange A385 (Renamed RFA Fort Rosalie(2)).
		RFA Lyness A339 (USNS Sirius 1981) RFA Stromness A344.
	www.rfaaplymouth.org /GGMforts.htm (97 words)

	News: Delivery of Last Merlin for UK MoD
		For more than a year, Merlin has dominated the fighting capability of the Type 23 frigate, HMS Lancaster and 814 Squadron from RNAS Culdrose is currently flying from RFA Fort Victoria as an integral part of the Ark Royal Task Group.
		The air training ship, RFA Argus, is a key player in Royal Navy training.
		RFA Argus was part of a tri-service exercise and Merlin, in the hands of trainee aircrew employing only a part of its true multi-role capability, dominated the situation underwater by denying hostile submarines the chance of attack on friendly surface ships.
	www.helis.com /news/2002/eh101last.htm (1462 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 22 Oct 2001 (pt 1)
		The group is supported by RFA Fort Victoria and RFA Brambleleaf.
		In addition, RFA Sea Centurion, which remains in the Gulf, has provided heavy lift for Exercise Saif Sareea.
		In addition, the survey ship HMS Beagle is in the Gulf on a long planned deployment and briefly participate in Saif Sareea II before resuming her Survey Operations.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011022/text/11022w01.htm (1406 words)

	eBay.co.uk - rfa, royal field artillery, territorial, Militaria items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		RFA Sir Tristram L3505 5.5 x 3.5 Photograph BandW
		RFA Fort Victoria A387 5.5 x 3.5 Photograph BandW
		RFA Argus Trafalgar 200 DVD Photograph Fleet review
	search.ebay.co.uk /rfa_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ19QQsascsZ1 (313 words)

	Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a civilian manned organisation owned and tasked by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
		The two Fort Class auxiliaries were originally intended to support these warships on Cold War patrols.
		However the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union led to a change in requirements and the cancellation of four additional units.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/rfa.htm (146 words)

	RFA Stores Ships
		RFA Tarbatness, one of three in this class.
		Picture of RFA Stromness, taken during the Falklands
		Tugs eye view of the stern of Fort George.
	www.rfa.graphical.freeuk.com /stores.html (115 words)

	Navy Matters \| Merlin HM.1
		The operational debut of the Merlin was made in early 2003.
		Four aircraft from 814 NAS embarked aboard RFA Fort Victoria in January year, together with 12 pilots, eight observers and eight aircrewmen (including augmentees from 700M Operational Evaluation Unit [OEU] and 824 NAS).
		Fort Victoria was deployed into the northern Gulf as part of the UK Amphibious Task Group for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /merlin.htm (2417 words)

	RFA Ammunition Ships
		This was a three ship RAS (Replenishment At Sea)
		RFA Regent, a now retired class of stores and
		RFA Fort Victoria, the latest class of replenishment
	www.rfa.graphical.freeuk.com /ammoships.html (34 words)

	British Ships
		RFA Sir Bedivere, RFA Sir Tristram, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Percivale
		Sea Crusader provided vital sea lift to Middle East for the British forces in one of her last roles, Sea Crusader left RFA service in July 2003 after a career in RAF service which took her around the world to various conflicts.
		The ship had joined the RFA in October 1996.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /gulf2/ships.html (579 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Index
		RFA Diligence Arrives on Merseyside - January 15, 2007
		RFA Largs Bay at AandP Falmouth - October 27, 2006
		RFA Fort Victoria in Plymouth Sound - October 25, 2006
	www.merseyshipping.co.uk /photofeatures/services/rfa/rfaindex.htm (88 words)

	HNN News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As part of the United Kingdom’s global Naval Task Group 2000, five British ships and a French ship will visit Hawaii for "rest and relaxation" from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3.
		The anti-submarine frigate HMS Cornwall, the anti-air warfare destroyer HMS Newcastle, the general purpose frigate FS Aconit, and the tanker RFA Fort Victoria arrived Sept. 28.
		The public is invited to tour HMS Newcastle and FS Aconit at Bravo Pier 26 on Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 from 2 to 5 p.m.
	www.hnn.navy.mil /Archives/000929/UKships.htm (535 words)

	Royal Navy Vessels: 22 Oct 2001: Written answers (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		A Carrier Group led by HMS Illustrious comprising: HMS Cornwall, HMS Marlborough, HMS Southampton and HMS Monmouth.
		HMS Kent is deployed to the Gulf as the Armilla Patrol ship with her support ship RFA Bayleaf.
		RFA Bayleaf is also participating in Exercise Saif Sareea II.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /wrans/?id=2001-10-22.9036.h (368 words)

	The Neilston WebCam Photo Gallery - Royal Navy West Coast depots and bases
		RFA Fort Austin tied up at Glen Mallan, Loch Long186 views
		RFA Fort Victoria moored alongside the NATO fuel depot on Loch Striven184 views
		RFA Oakleaf moored at Faslane Fuel Depot, Gare Loch150 views
	www.drookitagain.co.uk /coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=36 (94 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		The ship left the Persian Gulf in April 2003 and returned to Portsmouth, England on May 17, accompanied by the destroyer HMS York and RFA Fort Victoria.
		Scheduled to return to Great Britian in mid-May with the HMS Ark Royal and RFA Fort Victoria.
		The RFA is staffed by civilians and owned by the Ministry of Defense.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/british/navy (804 words)

	Air Force Technology - Merlin - ASW/Transport Helicopter
		A number of the Japanese helicopters are being configured for Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) missions.
		Four Royal Navy Merlins were deployed onboard RFA Fort Victoria replenishment vessel, stationed in the Northern Gulf as part of the UK Amphibious Task Group in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
		In February 2005, a version of the Merlin, the US101, was chosen as the replacement helicopter for the US Marine One presidential transport fleet requirement.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/merlin (1184 words)

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