Fleet Solid Support Ships: Deployment

(asked on 25th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Fleet Solid Support ship capacity is sailing with the HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 28th May 2021

RFA Fort Victoria has been allocated to the Carrier Strike Group as the Fleet Solid Support ship.

She will provide vital support to CSG21 by acting as a stores ship and a fleet tanker. RFA Fort Victoria is fitted with four central replenishment rigs, so she can replenish two warships simultaneously with fuel and stores and has another refuelling rig at her rear. She also has a large flight-deck, hangar and maintenance facilities for helicopters.

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