The Flickr Military Image Generatr

Regimental museum adjacent to the castle ruins.

RFA Tiderace (A137) replishment tanker/oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary slowly entering The Princess Dock (Dry Dock 5), Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhead assisted by VB Belgie ASD, VB Phoenix ASD, VB Donau ASD and VB Elbe ASD

She swings to starboard off the berth to keep her bow to the flood tide and come up river stern first

Snowdrop on her river cruise cruising south

IMO: 9655547

Name: RFA TIDERACE

Vessel Type - Detailed: Replenishment Vessel/Oiler

MMSI: 235109337

Call Sign: GXRL

Flag: United Kingdom

Gross Tonnage: 29324t

Summer DWT: 22103t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 200.9m x 29 m

Year Built: 2018

Shipyard: DSME - Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, South Korea

Laid down: June 2015

Launched: November 2015

In service: 2 August 2018

Class and type: Tide-class fast fleet tanker

Displacement: 37,000 t (36,000 long tons)

Length: 200.9 m (659 ft 1 in)

Beam: 28.6 m (93 ft 10 in)

Draugth: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)

Propulsion: CODELOD

Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)

Range:18,200 nautical miles (33,700 km; 20,900 mi)

Capactiy: Tanks for diesel oil, aviation fuel (19,000m3) and fresh water (1,300m3); Lubrication oil stored in drums; Stowage for up to 8 × 20 containers

Complement: 63 plus 46 non-crew embarked persons (Royal Marines, flight crew, trainees)

Sensor & processing systemes: Kelvin Hughes Integrated Bridge System; Servowatch IPMS System; 3 × SharpEye radar

Armament: 2 × Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 30 mm cannons

Aircraft: 1 medium helicopter

Full hangar facilities (Merlin/Wildcat), flight deck capable of landing Chinook-size helicopter

23 April 2013, RAF Lossiemouth

7 July 2014, RAF Waddington

Jake Youngs - Aircraft, Landscape, and Portrait Photographer

My Equipment list:
Canon EOS R
Tamron 24-70MM F/2.8 DI VC USD G2
Tamron 70-200MM F/2.8 DI VC USD G2
Tamron 150-600MM SP F/5-6.3 DI VC USD G2
Tamron 14MM F/2.8 ASPHERICAL IF

Malta International Airshow 2025

Airbus H135 Juno HT.1's at first light on the ramp at Shawbury on a foggy morning ready for the days sorties 9/3/26

Airbus H135 Juno HT.1's at first light on the ramp at Shawbury on a foggy morning ready for the days sorties 9/3/26

Polish Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon today. Specifically, this airframe (tail number 4052) is one of the jets used by the Polish F-16 Tiger Demo Team.

Photographed from my garden, Mach loop, Wales, UK