RFA Tidesurge arrives on the Mersey for planned maintainance at Cammel Lairds 10/01/2020

The 3rd vessel of the 4 new Tide class replenishment/tankers RFA Tidesurge arrived on Merseyside today, she has gone into the Cammel Lairds yard for her first maintainance period, following her sister vessels RFA Tidespring and RFA Tiderace.

Recent Royal Fleet Auxilliary movements on the River Mersey (the Birkenhead navy)

 A little catch up with the "Birkenhead Navy" (Royal fleet auxilliary) over the last few months

RFA Fort Rosalie Was moved from Cammel Lairds wet basin and back into West float dock, Birkenhead while undergoing her service/refit, Turned out it was to make room for RFA Tidespring which arrived a few days later to undergo work/service under the newly signed FISS contract (fleet in service support)

RFA Wave Knight also left Cammel Lairds after her refit/service and went back into service after some "minor" propulsion issues

here are some of the vessels social media pages.....

RFA Fort Victoria twitter

RFA Tidespring twitter

RFA Wave Knight twitter

RFA Fort Rosalie

RFA Fort Rosalie

RFA Fort Rosalie

RFA Tidespring

RFA Tidespring

RFA Tidespring

RFA Tidespring

RFA Wave Knight

RFA Wave Knight

RFA Wave Knight

RFA Fort Rosalie on the move in Birkenhead docks

The Royal Fleet Auxilliary supply ship Fort Rosalie was moved from the West float to Cammel Lairds for a sheduelled 22week refit/service.

Also here is the French ocean tug FS Tenace A669 on the CLT, pierhead (she does not show on AIS)