Having been inactive since June 2024, primarily due to the shortage of personnel, RFA Tiderace will soon return to active service. Commissioned into service in August 2018, RFA Tiderace is the second of the four modern Tide-class tankers designed to support the Royal Navy and constructed in South Korea. Her reactivation will allow the RFA […] The post RFA Tiderace to rejoin the fleet after being laid up due to lack of sailors first appeared on Navy Lookout.| Navy Lookout
The delivery of the RN's second aircraft carrier has deservedly been celebrated as a great success for British industry but behind the scenes, in the naval bases and shipyards, all is not well. 2019 has seen a number of important maintenance projects stalled or delayed. Here we summarise the situation. Delays to naval construction and| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis