Response Force Task Group
RFTG is a new initiative announced in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review and is intended to be the heart of the UK’s maritime contingent capability, held at very high readiness to respond to unexpected global events. The RFTG will be poised to respond to short-notice tasking across a diverse range of defence activities such as non-combatant evacuation operations, disaster relief, humanitarian aid or amphibious operations.
In 2011 the first deployment of the RFTG, named 'COUGAR 11' occurred. Ships assigned to the task group were the destroyer HMS Liverpool, the frigate HMS Sutherland, the landing platform dock HMS Albion, the amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean, nuclear fleet submarine HMS Triumph, the casualty receiving ship Argus, the landing ship docks Mounts Bay and Cardigan Bay, the replenishment ships Fort Rosalie and Fort Victoria and the fast fleet tanker Wave Knight. future deployments will be made up of similar ships.
Read more about this topic: Standing Royal Navy Deployments
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