Royal Fleet Auxiliary Wave Knight arrived in HMNB Gibraltar earlier today for routine logistic support.

RFA Wave Knight, a Wave Knight-class fast fleet tanker, was launched in 2000 and accepted into service in 2003. She is the second ship to bear this name in RFA service.

The Fast Fleet Tankers are crewed by 72 RFA personnel and there is also provision for 26 RN personnel for helicopter and weapons systems operations. The tankers are designed to operate in support of amphibious forces, anti-surface and anti-submarine operations and protections of vital sea areas and shipping.

They have the ability to deliver fuel through a Replenishment at Sea (RAS) rig, either port or starboard or astern to other vessels.

Pics by David Michael Sanchez.

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