Rover Class Fleet Oilers Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
460' 9"
Engines:
2 SEMT-Pielstick 16PA 4 diesels
Beam:
62' 9"
Thruster:
1 500 shp bow thruster
Draft:
23' 9"
Shafts:
1 (controlable pitch)
Displacement:
4,700 (std)
HP:
15,300
11,522 (full)
Speed:
17 knots (normal) / 19.25 (max)
Crew:
47
Range:
15,000 NM @ 15 knots


Armament as built
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
2
20mm Oerlikon
single mounts
2
7.62 machine guns
single mounts



Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Swan Hunter Group
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England

Dec. 19, 1968
Aug. 15, 1969
Fate
Sold to Indonesia in 1992, renamed KRI Arun 903,
active in commission as of 2010.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Swan Hunter Group
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England

Apr. 17, 1969
Mar. 10, 1970
Fate
Decommissioned Feb. 24, 2006, awaiting disposal as of 2009.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Swan Hunter Group
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England

Nov. 11, 1969
July 15, 1970
Fate
Decommissioned Feb. 23, 1993, sold to Portugal Mar. 31, 1993, renamed
NRP Bérrio A-5210. Active in commission as of 2010.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Swan Hunter Group
Wallsend, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Mar. 7, 1973
Mar. 22, 1974
Fate
Active in commission as of 2010.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Swan Hunter Group
Hebburn-on-Tyne, England

Oct. 30, 1973
Aug. 23, 1974
Fate
Active in commission as of 2010.


Royal Fleet Auxiliary Index
Page published Apr. 9, 2010