1969 Rover-class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RFA Green Rover (A268)
History
United Kingdom
Name
Green Rover
Ordered
January 1968
Builder
Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd
Laid down
28 February 1968
Launched
19 December 1968
Commissioned
15 August 1969
Decommissioned
1992
Identification
IMO number: 6923034
Pennant number: A268
Fate
Acquired by the Indonesian Navy
Indonesia
Name
Arun
Namesake
Arun gas field
Commissioned
1992
Identification
IMO number: 6923034
Pennant number: 903
Status
Active
General characteristics
Class and type
Rover-class tanker
Displacement
11,522 tons full load
Length
461 ft 04 in (140.61 m)
Beam
63 ft 02 in (19.25 m)
Draught
24 ft 00 in (7.32 m)
Propulsion
2 x 16 cyl Ruston diesel engines (orig)
2 x 16 cyl Pielstick diesel engines (post 1974)
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range
15,000 miles (24,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Capacity
7,460 m3 (46,900 bbl) fuel oil
600 tons aviation fuel
70 tons lubricating oil
362 m3 (80,000 imp gal) fresh water
Complement
16 officers
31 ratings
Sensors and processing systems
Sperry Marine Visionmaster radars and ECDIS
1690 I band navigation radars
Electronic warfare & decoys
2 × Corvus and 2 × Plessey Shield decoy launchers
Graseby Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Armament
2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
2 × 7.62 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried
one flight spot for a Merlin can take a Chinook
RFA Green Rover (A268) was a Rover-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders on the River Tyne, UK and completed in 1969. After decommissioning in 1992 she was sold to the Indonesian Navy and renamed KRI Arun (903)
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