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RFA Proteus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary within His Majesty's Naval Service of the United Kingdom. Its roles being a platform for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROUVs) [ 9 ] and a testbed for new specialist capabilities, required for monitoring waters important to UK interests. [ 3 ]
The Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship (MROSS) is a type of research and surveillance ship in development since 2021 for the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1] The first ship, RFA Proteus, is a commercial ship converted to the role which entered service in October 2023. [2] The second ship is planned, potentially as a new build vessel.
The following is a list of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names by name in alphabetical order, both past and present. Many of the names have been re-used over the years and thus represent more than one ship.
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service and provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines .
Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names (28 P) S. Salvage vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (1 C) ... RFA Proteus; R. RFA Regent; RFA Reliant (A84) RFA Reliant (A131)
Two ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have borne the name Proteus, after Proteus, a sea-god in Greek mythology: HMS Proteus (1777) was a 26-gun sixth rate, formerly the East Indiaman Talbot, purchased in 1777 for use as a receiving ship. The ship was sold in 1783.
The King Salvor-class salvage vessel was a series of twelve ocean salvage vessels operated by the RFA. [5] RFA King Salvor (A291) RFA Salviking; RFA Ocean Salvor (A492) RFA Prince Salvor (A292) RFA Salvage Duke; RFA Salvalour (A494) RFA Salventure; RFA Salvestor (A499) RFA Salvictor (A500) RFA Salvigil (A501) RFA Salviola (A502)
This category is for pages about names used by more than one ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Only shipindex pages should be included in this category. Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.