Royal Navy support fleet expands with dedication ceremony for RFA Tidesurge
(World News UK)

A new Tide class tanker has been welcomed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) after a special dedication ceremony. RFA Tidesurge is the third of four such vessels built in South Korea and it arrived in the UK last March for customisation work at Falmouth, Cornwall. The double-hulled state-of-the-art ship is specifically designed to provide support to the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth carriers and has a flight deck which can accept all UK maritime helicopters. Captain Miles Lewis welcomed Tidesurge at a ceremony on the ship, docked at Greenock Ocean Terminal, and paid tribute to the early foundations of a relationship it is building with the Inverclyde town. As we come up to...