The Rover class is a ship class

Ship class

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 of "Small Fleet Tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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...

 of the United Kingdom

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. They are tasked with the support of naval warships by the replenishment at sea (RAS) with fuel oil

Fuel oil

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s and with limited supplies of other naval stores. For RAS tasking, they can refuel a vessel on either beam and a third trailing astern and have a large flight deck

Flight deck

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 to allow "vertical replenishment", with helicopter

Helicopter

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s (VERTREP).

Ships

Name	Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Fate
Green Rover RFA Green Rover (A268) RFA Green Rover was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Green Rover was built by Swan Hunter, Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK. She is a single hulled tanker and carries a mixture of fuel oil, aviation fuel, lubricating oil and fresh water...	A268	Swan Hunter Swan Hunter Swan Hunter, formerly known as "Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson", was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the world. Based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century — most famously, the RMS Mauretania which... , Hebburn Hebburn Hebburn is a small town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England, sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow and Bill Quay...	15 August 1969	To Indonesian Navy Indonesian Navy The role of the Indonesian Navy is to patrol of Indonesia's immense coastline, to ensure safeguard the territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone , to protect Indonesia's maritime strategic interests, to protect the islands surrounded Indonesia and to defend against seaborne threats. The TNI...  1992
Grey Rover RFA Grey Rover (A269) RFA Grey Rover was a Rover class small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.- External links :*...	A269	Swan Hunter, Hebburn	10 April 1970	scrapped 2010
Blue Rover RFA Blue Rover (A270) RFA Blue Rover was a fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It went to the Portuguese Navy in 1993 as Berrio....	A270	Swan Hunter, Hebburn	15 July 1970	To Portuguese Navy Portuguese Navy The Portuguese Navy is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the military defence of Portugal....  1993 as Berrio
Gold Rover RFA Gold Rover (A271) RFA Gold Rover is a small fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Gold Rover participated in the 1986 Jamaican flood relief operations...	A271	Swan Hunter, Wallsend Wallsend Wallsend is an area in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Wallsend derives its name as the location of the end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 42,842.-Romans:...	22 March 1974	In service (2010)
Black Rover RFA Black Rover (A273) RFA Black Rover is a small fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is designed to replenish ships underway at sea with fuel, fresh water, and stores in all weather conditions. She has a helicopter deck served by a stores lift and is capable of conducting helicopter replenishment...	A273	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	23 August 1974	In service (2010)