FSS

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2030
Total Production : 3
Total Cost : GBP £1.6 billion

Model Status Year Produced
FSS Under Development 2030 3



FSS

Group : Replenishment Ships
Status : Under Development
Also Known As : Fleet Solid Support
Origin : United Kingdom
Contractors : BMT Defence Services, Harland & Wolff, Navantia
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2030
Total Production : 3
Unitary Cost : GBP £533 million

The Fleet Solid Support (FSS) is a new class of replenishment ships intended for support to the Royal Navy. The FSS vessels will take care of providing munitions, food, stores and provisions to aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. The FSS program was launched in May 2021 with the aim to award a contract by 2023. The Royal Navy Auxiliary Fleet will get three vessels to the build and delivered before 2030.

The United Kingdom (UK) Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Support Ship is a fleet of three vessels intended to support the Royal Navy frigates. Team Resolute comprising BMT, Harland & Wolff and Navantia UK, was selected by the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) to carry out the new support ship program. The 1.6 billion Pound contract was awarded to Team Resolute on November 16, 2022. The construction of the new vessels is expected to start in 2025 with the three of them delivered and operational by 2032.

Operators
Country Status State Notes
United KingdomPlanned 3
Specifications
Notes
Dimensions
Length 216 meter
Time
Service Life 30 year
Listing
Ship Status Com Decom
#1 Planned 2030
#2 Planned 2031
#3 Planned 2032

News

Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
Royal Navy to Commission Six MRSS Amphibious Assault Ships in the 2030s

With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding.

Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
UK Ministry of Defense Selects Team Resolute to Build Three Royal Fleet Auxiliary Support Ships

The Ministry of Defence has selected a preferred bidder to build support ships for the Royal Navy. Team Resolute selected as Preferred Bidder to deliver naval support

Friday, 21 May, 2021
UK MoD Launches Fleet Solid Support Replenishment Ship Program

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.

Photo Gallery


January 2023

FSS art rendering

Notes

* Prime Contractor
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning

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