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	Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Royal Fleet Auxiliary
		The RFA really came into its own in WWII 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.
		Sea Crusader is not due to remain in the fleet for very much longer, since it is being replaced by newly built vessels operated under a Private Finance Initiative[?].
	www.encyclopedian.com /ro/Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary.html (939 words)

	Roll-on \ Roll-off Transports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sea Centurion was the first of a new class of four Roll-on / Roll-off vessels built by Stena in Italy.
		Instead a new name, Sea Centurion, was chosen and she was delivered to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary on an 18 month charter, with an option to extend.
		Sea Centurion is easily identified by her blue hull, white superstructure and grey funnels.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/runner.htm (315 words)

	RFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The RFA really came into its own in WWII when the British fleet was often far fromavailable 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 Navyin the many conflicts that the Navy was involved in.
		Sea Centurion wasreturned to its owners in 2002 and Sea Crusader in 2003 after performing cargo hauling duties for the campaigin in Iraq.
	www.therfcc.org /rfa-137844.html (907 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		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.
		Sea Centurion was returned to its owners in 2002 and Sea Crusader in 2003 after performing cargo hauling duties for the campaign in Iraq.
	www.artoftexans.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary (1206 words)

	RFA web site
		RFA SIR BEDIVERE has recently completed a three-year ship life extension programme, equipping her for a further 15 years' service and RFA SIR TRISTRAM was also extensively re-built in 1985, following extensive damage received in the Falklands War.
		The logistic transport capability of the RFA is now augmented by two new-build roll-on roll-off ferries of commercial design, tasked with providing the heavy-lift capability for the Joint Rapid Deployment Force.
		RFA's SEA CRUSADER and SEA CENTURION, large ships of 21,000 tonnes but with a crew numbering just 17, have the capacity to move large amounts of heavy equipment at high speed to any parts of the world.
	www.rfa.mod.uk /rfa/html/history/main.html (1173 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n4a8 - Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - Ro-Ro General Cargo Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sea Crusader entered service in 1996 as a Ro-Ro general cargo vessel, having been built to commercial specifications.
		Sea Crusader has 2,300 lane metres of space and a stern ramp capacity of 150 tons.
		Sea Centurion was leased from Stena in January 1998 and is available for Joint Rapid Deployment Force (JRDF) operations.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /navy/listings/l0030.html (158 words)

	Chapter 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE was on passage through the Mediterranean on her return from operational duty in the Gulf when the decision was taken on 9 April to divert her to operations in the Balkans.
		Her Sea Harrier F-A2s conducted 102 Combat Air Patrol missions as part of Operation ALLIED FORCE, and it was therefore possible for multi-roled aircraft which would otherwise have been given these missions to be switched to other tasks.
		RFA ARGUS was deployed to the region in May 1999, providing a platform for helicopter operations, with the capability to act, if required, as a casualty reception facility.
	www.mod.uk /publications/kosovo_lessons/chapter9.htm (594 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - RFA ships play major role in Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ten of the civilian-manned RFAs are in the UK Maritime Task Group and directly involved in Exercise Saif Sareea, one of the highlights of the Exercise Argonaut 2001 maritime deployment.
		The Support Tanker RFA Bayleaf is permanently stationed in the Gulf area as Arabian Gulf Ready Tanker, and she too is participating in Saif Sareea.
		Her sister ship RFA Sir Galahad was extensively damaged in the same action, and was eventually sunk off the islands where she remains as a war grave.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0110/0001102301.asp (645 words)

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		During the scenario for exercise Kernow, which was held in force eight conditions, the RFA vessel Oakleaf took the role of tanker involved in a collision with the ferry Scillonian 111, south of Penzance.
		Extensive sea trials were planned with the vessel scheduled to join the RFA Fleet in early 2002.
		Ten of the twenty four ships in the UK Maritime Task Group are RFA vessels, with the two RFA strategic heavy lift ships Sea Centurion and Sea Crusader were also engaged in essential support operations-carrying tanks, vehicles and tons of Army equipment from the UK and Germany.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /rfa4.html (3157 words)

	Strategic Lift Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sea Crusader was chartered by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) whilst under construction in Japan and entered service upon completion in 1996.
		Sea Crusader is 161 metres long, 25 metres in breadth with a draught of 6.5 metres.
		Along with Sea Centurion, she is an integral part of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF).
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/crusader.htm (186 words)

	Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Recently two fast sealift ships were also in the fleet, Sea Crusader and Sea Centurion.
		They were chartered as a stopgap measure to increase the strategic lift of the RFA, enabling faster deployment of British forces.
		Sea Centurion was returned to its owners in 2002 and Sea Crusader in 2003 after performing cargo hauling duties for the campaigin in Iraq.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/royal_fleet_auxiliary (1002 words)

	Royal Navy: News Archive
		RFA SEA CRUSADER, whose Chief Office is Trevor Isles, left Marchwood for Emden, in Germany, from where she will sail for Greece on Friday, arriving in the last week of April.
		RFA SEA CENTURION has already left Marchwood for Emden, where she arrived yesterday.
		The main role of both SEA CRUSADER and SEA CENTURION is short-notice heavy lift for the Joint Rapid Deployment Force.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /content/166_4307_123_0.html (285 words)

	The Royal Navy in Operation Allied Force
		HMS Newcastle was Invincible's escort, along with RFA Bayleaf, and RFA Fort Austin.
		The two chartered RFA ro-ro ships, Sea Centurion and Sea Crusader, were both fully occupied deploying army assets in preparation for KFOR.
		814 and 815 NAS being embarked upon RFA Argus, Fort Austin and the destroyers and frigates.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Kosovo/Navy.html (211 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 29 Jan 2001 (pt 19) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which vessels will be used to provide a heavy sea lift capability for the armed forces after the ending of the chartering arrangements for RFAs Sea Crusader and Sea Centurion.
		RFA Sea Crusader is being re-chartered from 1 February 2001 to 1 March 2003.
		A third vessel has yet to be chartered to replace RFA Sea Centurion on 18 April 2001.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com /pa/cm200001/cmhansrd/vo010129/text/10129w19.htm (1302 words)

	KOSOVO: Lessons from the Crisis - Annex B: Maritime Operations - Assets Deployed
		The Mine Counter Measures Force conducted Operation ALLIED HARVEST to clear ordnance which had been jettisoned in designated areas in the Adriatic Sea by Allied aircraft during Operation ALLIED FORCE.
		Some 93 bombs and missiles were located and destroyed of which HMS ATHERSTONE and HMS SANDOWN accounted for about 20%.
		Sea lift operation in support of KFOR continues
	www.kosovo.mod.uk /lessons/annexb.htm (115 words)

	Investment Strategy 1999 - Section 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But a wide range of options for further enhancing the strategic sea and air transport fleets had to be studied during the SDR.
		In view of the length of time necessary to deliver a PPP solution, an interim capability to meet our requirement for strategic sea lift is being met by the short term charter of two ships.
		RFA SEA CENTURION entered service in October 1998, and our existing charter of RFA SEA CRUSADER has been extended until July 1999.
	www.mod.uk /issues/investment_strategy/99/section2.htm (4272 words)

	Navy Matters \| Point RoRo
		In May 2001, the final PFI contract between AWSR and its financial backers, and the Ministry of Defence had still not be signed.
		Ships should be in service within a few weeks of delivery, and the full sea lift service is expected to be available by the end of 2003.
		RFA Sea Crusader (pennant A96) is bareboat chartered until 1 March 2003 and RFA Sea Centurion (A98) is similarly chartered until at least 18 August 2002.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /roro.htm (1078 words)

	A high degree of training for the sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Now sailing as second officer on a freight ro-ro between Aberdeen and Lerwick, she is a former Trinity House cadet and it is clear that her sponsors are delighted with the spectacular progress she has made.
		And during the summer recess, when other students are lucky to find work in bars or serving pizzas, she was off to sea to accumulate sea time for her certificate.
		She has greatly valued her training as organised by Trinity House, which places its cadets with a number of collaborating companies so that they are able to experience a variety of trades and ship types during their cadetship.
	www.ampa.asn.au /members/GetFile.aspx?File=members/news/article1400.html (2370 words)

	ra information,rfa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All Occurences of 'rfa' were replaced with 'ra'.
		The ra really came into its own in WWII when the British fleet was often far fromavailable bases, either due to the enemy capturing available bases, or, in the Pacific, the sheer distances involved.
		They were chartered as a stopgapmeasure to increase the strategic lift of the ra, enabling faster deployment of British forces.
	www.pin-outs.com /ra.html (901 words)

	1900 - Boxer Rebellion - Extracts from newspapers
		Not only was the attack from the forts delivered with a precision and accuracy which have hitherto had no parallel in the records of Chinese strategy, but the harbour at Taku was elaborately mined, on a thoroughly scientific plan, for a distance of two miles from the shore.
		HMS Centurion was the only large British warship which ventured, by shelling over the smaller foreign vessels, to take part in the bombardment.
		The 12th Battery R.F.A. from Jalandhar, and the R.A. ammunition column from Multan, are included in the force.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /Boxer/Boxer.html (12873 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Feb 2003 (pt 4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sea Centurion was leased from Ocean Arrow and was returned to her owners in 2002.
		On current plans four of the five Landing Ships Logistics, RFA Sir Geraint, Sir Tristram Sir Percivale and Sir Galahad are expected to be replaced by four larger and more capable Bay Class vessels in 2004 and 2005.1 also refer the hon.
		HMS Iron Duke and RFA Black Rover are also planned to deploy to Sierra Leone waters in the next few weeks as a further demonstration of UK commitment.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030227/text/30227w04.htm (1128 words)

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		U-73 conducted 15 patrols and compiled a record of 12 ships sunk for a total of 66,763 tons and three ships damaged for a total of 22,928 tons.
		U-73, while under the command of OLtzS Horst Deckert, was sunk on 16 Dec 43 in the Mediterranean Sea, after having sunk a merchant ship from convoy GUS-24, near Oran, in position 36.07N, 000.50W, by depth charges and gunfire from destroyers USS Wooley (Gleaves-class) and USS Trippe (Benham-class).
		In Oct 42, he was appointed to command the 30th U-Flotilla, based in the Black Sea.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/11Aug.txt (1378 words)

	Surface Forces RE:comparison with UK in next future StrategyPage.com
		Able to carry considerably more troops (356 fully equipped troops, although this can be increased to 500 using undesignated space, or to 700 in war "overload" conditions.) The upgraded RFA Sir Bedivere will remain in service, complimenting the capabilities of the Bay Class.
		In an assault landing operation, the first wave of troops are landed on the beach by landing craft from the LPD’s - HMS Albion and/or Bulwark and by a "vertical assault" on vital points somewhat inland by helicopters from the LPH (e.g.
		When the beach area and landing zone have been finally confirmed as secure, the LSD's will approach the landing zone and from just one or two thousand yards off-shore will deploy Mexeflotes (motorised pontoons) to assist in the quick and efficient offloading of the heavy vehicles and equipment that they carry.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/8-4763.asp (849 words)

	rfa information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Your search for 'rfa' seem to be correctly spelled.
		The RFA performed important service to the Far East Fleet off Korea from 1950 until 1953, when sustained carrier operationswere again mounted in Pacific waters.
		Two unique ships in the fleet are the repair vesselDiligence and the aviation training ship Argus.
	www.pin-outs.com /rfa.html (894 words)

	Surface Forces RE:Will France overtake Britain as the 2nd best navy?? StrategyPage.com
		They will provide a major increase in the capability of the RFA to support amphibious operations and other military tasks such as peacekeeping duties and disaster relief around the world.
		The Harriers operated even when the flight decks were moving vertically through as much as thirty feet due to heavy seas and when visibility was severely reduced.
		To aid in recovery during reduced visibility, the carriers often dropped flares in their wakes, which the Harriers, due to the use of vectored thrust, were able to follow up slowly to the ships.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/8-4143.asp (4048 words)

	ALBANEWS Archives -- February 1999, week 3 (#24)
		The ships - the Sea Crusader and Sea Centurion - will arrive at the Greek port of Thessaloniki in 10 to 14 days' time.
		The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Sea Centurion left the German port of Emden, loaded with elements of a force of 400 Challenger tanks, Warrior armoured vehicles and AS 90 self-propelled gun batteries, the Ministry of Defence said.
		Another transport ship, RFA Sea Crusader, is due to begin loading more of the tanks and guns at Emden before setting sail.
	listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9902c&L=albanews&P=2912 (5522 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - Navy to show its strength in major exercises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Amphibious Task Group will be led by the assault ship HMS Fearless, which will fly the pennant of Commander ATG, Commodore Niall Kilgour, although overall command of the three groups rests with the newly-designated Commander Maritime Force, Rear Admiral James Burnell-Nugent.
		Also in that group will be helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and RFA landing ships, together with 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.
		Equipment and stores have already started to arrive in the southern Omani port of Salalah, much of it transported in the RFA roll on-roll off ships Sea Crusader and Sea Centurion and a chartered vessel, MV Dart 10.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2001/0106/0001062801.asp (392 words)

	Falcklands war Part II..... [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com
		Having AEW in the form of the modified Sea King means, as I previously said, that the Type 42's would not have to be deployed as Radar picketts.
		I know that HMS ocean was launched but back in the '82 there were HMS fearless and Intrepid as well as all those RFA ships (Sirs Galahad, Percival, Geraint, Lancelot, Tristam and fort Austin).
		Also with so many Sea Wolfs, which have shot down 4.5 inch naval shells in tests, in the fleet you would need a BIG salvo to win.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-9971.html (2804 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - Sport - Rivals and courses test Navy golfers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the same time as the ladies were doing battle in Lincolnshire, the men were playing the Australian Defence Force tourists at the China Fleet Club.
		A two-day mini Ryder Cup format was devised, with one round each of fourball, foursomes and singles, and the hosts made a good start, ending the first afternoon 4.5-1.5 up.
		Of particular note was the form of 'guest player' WO Ian Monnery, playing alongside Lt Cdr Peter Smith, and the pairing of BC/Sgt Martin Sharp and a second 'guest', 1st Officer (RFA) Mike Marshall.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0009/2100092901.asp (548 words)

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