RFA ‘Black Rover’ returns to UK after 18 months support operations in Falklands

Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 21:39 UTC

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Black Rover is returning to the UK on Sunday after an 18-month deployment in support of the Royal Navy operations in UK Overseas Territories including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, St Helena and Tristan Da Cunha. Read full article

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briton
A, great ship
It has finished its operational tasks,
Amazing what xxx equipment these things can carry,
An auxiliary ship visiting xxx and xxx and xxx,
Comes back empty,
She deserves a well earned rest,
Welcome back RFA Black rover, wink wink ..
Sep 22nd, 2011 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
xxx equipment? It's a tanker. I'm sure that if certain goods were to be transported discreetly then they'd probably stick it on the prototype Bay-class landing ship that they've sold to Australia and is being delivered towards the end of the year (hell of a big Christmas present).

You could fit an awful lot of stuff on one of those monsters, like half an armoured brigade...
Sep 23rd, 2011 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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zethe
Don't be an idiot all your life Rufus, Do you even know how many troops are in a Brigade? And how many ships it would take to move an ARMORED brigade?

It would take about seven dedicated transport ships to move an armored brigade across an ocean.
Sep 23rd, 2011 - 09:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
Sorry, bit of a copy/paste failure there, should have been “half the main battle tanks of”, which would be about right. The Bay class can carry 24 MBTs.
Sep 24th, 2011 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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zethe
They would be completely useless in the falklands.
Sep 24th, 2011 - 05:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
Very very large novelty paperweights?

The point I was trying to make is that there's a really big amphibious warfare ship that can carry an awful lot (but is being delivered empty) that could well be heading past in a couple of months anyway (unless it goes via Suez) so chances are it would be used to shift anything bulky rather than a small fleet oiler.
Sep 24th, 2011 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Filippo
IT IS A PIRATE SHIP FOR ILLEGAL PIRATES IN ARGENTINE WATERS!!!
Sep 26th, 2011 - 02:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
@7 Filippo,
Why aren't you in bed, niño? School in the morning for you?
Sep 26th, 2011 - 04:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
@7

Argentina are claiming Dorset?
Sep 26th, 2011 - 09:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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