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1986-apr-24 | Ordered | A387 RFA Fort Victoria | |
1987-dec-18 | Ordered | A388 RFA Fort George | |
1988-apr-4 | Laid down | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Yard No 1727 | |
1989-mar-9 | Laid down | A388 RFA Fort George Yard No. 129 | |
1990-jun-12 | Launched | A387 RFA Fort Victoria As of Oct 2019, this was the last non-warship Naval vessel actually built in Belfast (others had undergone maintenance / refit). | |
1991-mar-1 | Launched | A388 RFA Fort George | |
1993-jul-16 | Commissioned | A388 RFA Fort George | |
1994-jun | Commissioned | A387 RFA Fort Victoria commissioning delayed by IRA bombing | |
1994-jun | Aircraft | A388 RFA Fort George detachment of 819 NAS Sea Kings embarked until c Aug 1994. | |
1996-apr-17 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for North Atlantic deployment. 845 NAS detachment embarked. Returned 24 Jun. | |
1996-apr-26 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George collided with tug assisting its docking at Brunswick, NC. | |
1997-jan-15 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport in support of Far East and Australasian deployment with Task Group 327.1, returning to HMNB Portsmouth on 27 Aug. | |
1997-jul-15 | Port Visit | A388 RFA Fort George visited Fremantle for 6 days, departed 21 Jul | |
1997-dec-1 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month Mediterranean and Adriatic deployment, returning 31 Mar 1998. | |
1998-jul-17 | Port Visit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria visit to Latakia in company with HMS Marlborough | |
1999 | Refit | A388 RFA Fort George CIWS Phalanx 20 mm fitted with Phalanx CIWS | |
1999-feb-1 | Refit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria CIWS Phalanx 20 mm refit at Babcocks, until Jun 1999, fitted with Phalanx CIWS | |
1999-aug-20 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for planned Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean deployment. Diverted to join Sierra Leone operations in May 2000. | |
2000-jan | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed UK for Arabian Gulf deployment with a detachment of 820 NAS embarked, but was diverted to Beira peninsula (Mozambique) for flood relief work. | |
2000-may-7 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George Operation Palliser detached from Bay of Biscay to support Operation Palliser off Sierra Leone, returning via Canary Islands to Plymouth on 26 Jun. | |
2001-may-6 | Refit | A388 RFA Fort George refit at Tyneside, until 3 Aug | |
2001-nov-28 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed Devonport for Mediterranean and Indian Ocean deployment, returned 13 Jun 2002 | |
2003-jan-18 | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operation Telic to support post-combat and reconstruction operations in Iraq, with 4 Merlin from 814 NAS embarked, completing 28 May 2003. | |
2003-mar-10 | Refit | A388 RFA Fort George arrived at Greenock on the Clyde for c. 6 month refit. Departed 4 Sep. | |
2006-mar-23 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed Portland for exercise off Southern Norway. Embarked 824 NAS detachment following day. Returned to Portland 6 Apr. | |
2006-jul | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operation Highbrow supported Royal Navy vessels in evacuation of British nationals from Beirut, during Israel-Lebanon war. Returned to UK on 8 Aug. | |
2007-apr | Homeport | A387 RFA Fort Victoria in extended readiness until Mar 2009 | |
2008-jun | Refit | A388 RFA Fort George refit at Birkenhead with Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd until c Nov 2008 | |
2008-oct-21 | | A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Portsmouth under tow for Birkenhead in preparation for refit. | |
2008-oct-27 | Refit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria refit at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead until 11 Nov 2009 | |
2009-jun-9 | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month deployment as Atlantic Patrol Tanker (North), 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8SRU ZD261/352 Fort George Flt embarked. Returned to Scotland 23 Oct. | |
2009-jul-15 | Port Visit | A388 RFA Fort George visit to Montserrat, until 20 Jul | |
2009-sep-7 | Port Visit | A388 RFA Fort George visit to Trinidad, until 10 Sep. | |
2010-may | Deployment | A388 RFA Fort George Exercise Auriga 2010 Participated in Joint exercise in Western Atlantic. Returned to Crombie 16 Aug 2010. | |
2010-jun-23 | Port Visit | A388 RFA Fort George Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for 7 days, including the International Fleet Review. | |
2010-aug-29 | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Scotland for a 40 month Middle East waters and Indian Ocean deployment with anti-piracy force CTF-151. Relieved on station by RFA Fort Austin on 18 Oct 2013 and returned to Crombie on 9 Dec. | |
2010-dec-9 | Port Visit | A388 RFA Fort George Final visit to Tyneside before decommissioning. | |
2011-jan | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Completed an anti-piracy support deployment to the Arabian Gulf and Somali Basin, with an 820 NAS Merlin embarked. | |
2011-feb | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria relieved RFA Bayleaf as Arabian Gulf Ready Tanker. | |
2011-feb-22 | | A388 RFA Fort George departed Plymouth for final time, arrived Liverpool on 23 Apr. | |
2011-apr | Decommissioned | A388 RFA Fort George To decommission as part of the UK Oct 2010 Strategic Defence Review | |
2011-sep | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria departed Dubai for anti-piracy deployment to Indian Ocean. 815NAS 229 Flt Lynx HMA.8SRU ZF562 embarked. | |
2011-oct-10 | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Ships Flt Lynx came to aid of hi-jacked mv Montecristo, c 550 nm E of Somalia and re-took the ship with a Royal Marine boarding party. | |
2011-nov-21 | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Off the Horn of Africa, performing a RAS with HMS Somerset. | |
2012-may-3 | Aircraft | A387 RFA Fort Victoria embarked MH-60R from HSM-77 Saberhawks (usually deployed aboard USS Abraham Lincoln) while part of CTF-151. | |
2012-sep-24 | Refit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria refitted in Dubai (destored to RFA Fort Rosalie beforehand), until 29 Nov | |
2012-nov | Fate: scrapped | A388 RFA Fort George sold for scrap. Still present on Merseyside Jan 2013. | |
2013-jan | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Assigned as Support Ship to CTF 53 in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, following refit in Dubai. Relieved RFA Wave Ruler. | |
2013-jan-16 | Fate: scrapped | A388 RFA Fort George departed Merseyside under tow for Layal breakers yard, Turkey. Arrived 5 Mar. | |
2014-feb | Refit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria 10 month refit at Birkenhead, which included overhaul of both main engines and replacement of both propellors and 6 diesel generators. Completed Jan 2015 | |
2015-nov | Port Visit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Visited Duqm to assess suitability as a re-supply hub for Gulf and Indian Ocean operations | |
2015-dec | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Operating in the Gulf with Sea King ASaC.7 of 849 NAS Okinawa Flt embarked | |
2016-aug | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria conducted RAS in Arabian Gulf, with HMAS Perth. | |
2018-jan | Refit | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Departed Birkenhead after completion of refit on 26 Oct 2018. Apart from usual overhauls and repaint, she was fitted with a fast, high-capacity Heavy Replenishment at Sea (HRAS) system to support rapid solid stores supply to the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers and retrofitted with a limited double hull for the oil and aviation fuel tanks. | |
2020-sep-21 | Deployment | A387 RFA Fort Victoria Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2 Participated in Ex Joint Warrior 20-2 off NW Scotland | |
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