So… what of the ship herself? She may not have been built to impress but she certainly does. Constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea, she took just 3 years from laid down to sea trials – British shipbuilders please note –a good example of the benefits of getting away from obsessively building all RN assets here. Which means endless delay as we don’t have the shipyards any more. Another advantage of getting South Korea to do may have been to head off the endless faffing about by the MoD, changing the design of doorknobs (only half kidding) and insisting on mods like the newest, fanciest kit. That all meant order to in-service was just 5 years. Hmm. There are 4 in the ’Tide’ class – ‘Tiderace’, Tidesurge’ and ‘Tideforce’. Max speed 20 knots. Range 18,200 nautical miles. Very nice.
THE TIDESPRING STORY
02 September 2024
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Rob is a TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years of experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. He is a four-time award winner, whose awards include a coveted Royal Television Society award for his work on Channel 4 News. His association with the Maritime Foundation goes back to 1995 when he won the first Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award for a series of reports that led to a major documentary on the loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire.