RFA Fort Victoria bombing

RFA Fort Victoria bombing
Part of The Troubles
RFA Fort Victoria
RFA Fort Victoria bombing is located in Northern Ireland
RFA Fort Victoria bombing
LocationHarland and Wolff shipyard, Port of Belfast
Coordinates54°37′07.38″N 5°53′42.24″W / 54.6187167°N 5.8950667°W / 54.6187167; -5.8950667
Date6 September 1990
TargetRFA Fort Victoria (A387)
Weapons2 explosive charges
DeathsNone
InjuredNone
PerpetratorProvisional Irish Republican Army

The bombing of RFA Fort Victoria took place on 6 September 1990, when a unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted two bombs aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the vessel had been launched four months before. One of them exploded in the engine room, causing flooding and serious damage. The second device didn't explode and was defused several days later. The attack resulted in a two-year delay before Fort Victoria became fully operational.