RFA Fort Rosalie
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Two ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
have borne the name RFA Fort Rosalie:
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the British Ministry of Defence. The RFA enables ships of the United Kingdom Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world. Its primary role is to supply the Royal Navy with fuel, ammunition and supplies, normally by replenishment...
have borne the name RFA Fort Rosalie:
- RFA Fort RosalieRFA Fort Rosalie (A186)RFA Fort Rosalie was an armament stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.She was built by United Shipyards, Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947/8. She served in the Pacific Fleet Train and remained in the Far...
was a stores ship launched in 1944 and scrapped in 1973 - RFA Fort RosalieRFA Fort Rosalie (A385)RFA Fort Rosalie is a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Fort Rosalie was originally named RFA Fort Grange, but was renamed in May 2000 to avoid confusion with RFA Fort George, a change which was not universally popular.-History:Fort Rosalie was laid down in 1973, by Scott Lithgow on...
is a Fort Rosalie classFort Rosalie class replenishment shipThe Fort Rosalie or Fort class is a class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. These ships are designed to replenish Royal Navy ships with all kinds of armaments and victualling stores while under way....
replenishment ship, initially launched in 1976 as RFA Fort Grange but renamed Fort Rosalie in 2000. She is in service as of 2009.