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A124 RFA Olmeda

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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OL class
AO - Support Ship

Flight Deck:	OD
Call Sign:	GPBE

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1963-aug-27	Laid down

1964-nov-19	Launched	as RFA Oleander

1965-oct-18	Commissioned

1967-dec-4		renamed RFA Olmeda

1969-nov-25	Aircraft	lost 826 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP153/143-E off Portugal, (usually embarked on HMS Eagle).

1975-feb-6	Deployment	Separation of Cypriot states Ordered to Cyprus to tend HMS Tiger and HMS Charybdis, in support of UN Peace Keeping Force and British interests, until 14 Feb.

1982-apr-5	Deployment	Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic with 824 Squadron A Flt embarked, leaving theatre on 21 Jun and arriving back at HMNB Devonport on 12 Jul 1982.

1982-jun-18	Deployment	Thule South Thule Operation Keyhole supported HMS Yarmouth and HMS Endurance in the recovery of South Thule.

1994-jan	Decommissioned

1994-jul		renamed Niaxco and sailed (not towed) to Alang

1994-aug	Fate: scrapped	Alang Breakers Yard at Alang, India

Specifications

from OL class
88	crew
11750	light (tn)
36000	full load (tn)
197.50	length (m)
25.60	beam (m)
10.40	draught (m)
10000	range (nm)
21	max speed (knots)
26500	power (shp)



2	Naval Gun single 20 mm
2	Chaff and decoys Corvus chaff launcher

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