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Shipyards | Login to Edit | |
 Scott Lithgow (Greenock) - Greenock | 2 | |||||
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| Royal Fleet Auxiliary | A329 | RFA Retainer | GGVC | 1955 | 1978 | |||
| Royal Fleet Auxiliary | A280 | RFA Resurgent | GGTM | 1957 | 1979 | |||
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| 1948-oct-11 | Laid down | A329 RFA Retainer | ||||
| 1949-jun-7 | Laid down | A280 RFA Resurgent | ||||
| 1950-jan-19 | Launched | A329 RFA Retainer as Chungking | ||||
| 1950-jul-31 | Launched | A280 RFA Resurgent as Changchow | ||||
| 1952-dec-19 | A329 RFA Retainer renamed Retainer, while owned by the Admiralty but operated on a charter basis | |||||
| 1953-apr-25 | A280 RFA Resurgent rename Resurgent, while owned by the Admiralty but operated on a charter basis | |||||
| 1954-jul | Refit | A329 RFA Retainer converted to Armaments Stores Ship on Tyneside until Apr 1955 | ||||
| 1956-oct | Deployment | A329 RFA Retainer  Operation Musketeer Supported fleet during Suez operations | ||||
| 1957-may | Refit | A329 RFA Retainer intensive maintenance period on Tyneside until c Dec 1957 / Jan 1958 | ||||
| 1957-jul | Commissioned | A280 RFA Resurgent into RFA service from British India Steam Navigation | ||||
| 1957-aug | Refit | A280 RFA Resurgent converted to Armaments Stores Ship on Tyneside | ||||
| 1961-jun-29 | Deployment | A329 RFA Retainer Operation Vantage Ordered to the Persian Gulf to support the British force assembled to dissuade Iraq from invading Kuwait. | ||||
| 1961-jul | Deployment | A280 RFA Resurgent Operation Vantage sent in support of Kuwait | ||||
| 1962-may-18 | Refit | A329 RFA Retainer refit on Tyneside | ||||
| 1966-mar | Deployment | A280 RFA Resurgent Beira Patrol off Mozambique with HMS Plymouth. | ||||
| 1966-aug-27 | Deployment | A329 RFA Retainer present at Plymouth Navy Days 1966 | ||||
| 1966-oct-31 | Port Visit | A280 RFA Resurgent visited Sydney, Australia | ||||
| 1970-jun | Deployment | A280 RFA Resurgent Beira Patrol off Mozambique until Jul 1970. | ||||
| 1976-jan | Port Visit | A280 RFA Resurgent visited Wellington, New Zealand, until early Feb 1976 | ||||
| 1977-nov-25 | Deployment | A280 RFA Resurgent Operation Journeyman stood back from the Falklands in support of HMS Phoebe and HMS Alacrity. | ||||
| 1978-apr | Decommissioned | A329 RFA Retainer | ||||
| 1978-jun | A280 RFA Resurgent Start of deployment in support of an exercise group in the Baltic with R | |||||
| 1979-aug-18 | Decommissioned | A280 RFA Resurgent | ||||
| 1979-oct-29 | Fate: scrapped | A329 RFA Retainer left HMD Rosyth for Barcelona, Spain for scrapping | ||||
| 1981-mar-18 | Fate: transfered | A280 RFA Resurgent sold to Panama | ||||
| 1981-may-5 | Fate: scrapped | A280 RFA Resurgent left HMD Rosyth for Gijon, Spain for scrapping, via Aviles | ||||
