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RFA Tiderace (A137)
RFA ''Tiderace'' is a replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 1 December 2016 and was accepted by the Ministry of Defence in June 2017. ''Tiderace'' entered service on 2 August 2018. ''Tiderace'' departed her builders in August 2017 bound for the United Kingdom. She arrived at A&P Group, A&P Falmouth, Cornwall on 25 September 2017 for final fitting out with sensitive military equipment prior to UK sea trials and entry into service in 2018. Construction ''Tiderace'' is the second ship of her class and was ordered on 22 February 2012. Like her sister ships, she was built by DSME in South Korea with her fitting-out carried out by A&P Group in Falmouth, England. Her steel was first cut on 8 December 2014, prior to being laid down on 8 June 2015. On 10 November 2015, a fire broke out on an LPG carrier being built in the same drydock as ''Tiderace'', killing a sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DSME
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ( ko, 대우조선해양; abbreviated DSME) is one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea, along with Hyundai and Samsung. History On 21 February 2011, the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Maersk) ordered 10 large container ships from DSME, each with a capacity of 18,000 containers, surpassing the then record holder; the Mærsk E-class at 15,200 containers. The contract is worth $1.9bn. The first was to be delivered in 2014. In June 2011, Maersk ordered ten more, for another $1.9bn. The new class is called the Triple E class. On December 20, 2011, Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering won the largest single defense contract by a Korean firm; valued at $1.07 billion to build three Indonesian submarines. It also would mark the first exports of submarines from South Korea. On 22 February 2012, a £452 million order was placed with DSME for four 37,000 tonne double hulled 'MARS' fast fleet tankers by Britain's Ministry of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
