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RFA ''Fort Victoria'' is a Fort-class combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom tasked with providing ammunition, fuel, food and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world. ==Construction== ''Fort Victoria'' was ordered from Harland and Wolff in 1986, and was launched in 1990. She is named after Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight.〔http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/royal-fleet-auxiliary/rfa-flotilla/fleet-replenishment-ships/rfa-fort-victoria/history/index.htm 〕 On 6 September 1990, while ''Fort Victoria'' was at dock and less than three months after being christened, a Provisional IRA unit planted two explosive devices on board. After a telephone warning from the IRA,〔(Explosion Rips British Navy Ship in Belfast ) Reuters, 7 September 1990〕 one of the bombs exploded, causing extensive damage inside the engine room, which was holed and subsequently flooded. The ship listed 45 degrees, and the chances of sinking were high. The situation was under control after hours of work by emergency teams, which pumped the water out of the engine room. Sir John Parker, the shipbuilder, praised the courage of the engineers for saving the ship. It was not learned that a second device had failed to explode until a second IRA phone call 24 hours later. It took two weeks to find and disable the second bomb, which stalled the works further.〔From an interview to shipbuilder Sir John Parker published by ''Sunday Times'', 13 March 2006: :''The contract for Fort Victoria was won, but the ship became a target for the IRA. "She was afloat in the dock when we got the call from the IRA. Later that day the bomb went off and blew a hole in the engine room of the ship. The ship heeled over to about 45 degrees and we thought we were going to lose her. Fortunately some very courageous engineers went on board and lowered pumps in to clear the engine room so we could save the ship." The next day there was a call about a second bomb. It took two weeks to find it and make it safe — valuable time lost. Such incidents moulded Sir John and taught him patience and resolve, the like of which is rare in many boardrooms.''〕〔(IRA bombs British Navy ship ) ''An Phoblacht'', 13 September 1990〕 This incident and other problems with the construction of the vessel meant it was not delivered until 1993, two years after originally planned.〔 In 1998, the ship was fitted with the Phalanx CIWS.〔(RFA Fort Victoria features )〕 She was accepted into service on 24 June 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RFA Fort Victoria (A387)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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