RFA Fort George - A388

RFA Fort George - A388 inbound to the Port of Tyne, North East England on 9th December 2010. Photographed from Western Quay, North Shields. Making her final visit to the river of her birth for the final time before she is retired from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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The Royal Fleet Auxillary Fort George - A388, a Fleet Stores/Tanker. A Fort Victoria Class.

As at December 2010 she is shortly to be retired from the RFA.

Built by Swan Hunter on the Tyne and launched 1 March 1991.

Displacement: 32,300 long tons (32,818 t) full load

Length: 203.9 m (669 ft 0 in)
Beam: 30.3 m (99 ft 5 in)
Draught: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)

Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)

Armament: 2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × GAM-BO1 20 mm guns

IMO 8800690
MMSI 233105000
Call Sign GCOG