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Name: GREEN ROVER
Type: Fleet Tanker
Launched: 19/12/1968
Completed: 15/08/1969
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Hebburn Yard
Yard Number: 6
Dimensions: 6931dwt, 7503grt, 140.5 x 19.2 x 7.3(draft) metres
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, Ruston type, 16cyl; (1974: Peilstick type)
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln; (1974: Crossley Premier Engines, Mancheter)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 19.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 337864
History:
15/08/1969 Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London
1992 Indonesian Navy; renamed KRI ARUN
No later history known
Comments: Allocated pennant number A268
Has a helicopter pad but no hangar facilities
1974: Re-engined
1992: Allocated pennant number 903
2011: Still in service


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