Retainer class - AO - Support Ship IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: GGVC Shipyard: Scott Lithgow (Greenock) Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedDecommissionedFate: scrappedRefitDeployment History of RFA Retainer A329 1948-oct-11Laid downLaid down 1950-jan-19LaunchedLaunched as Chungking 1952-dec-19 renamed Retainer, while owned by the Admiralty but operated on a charter basis 1954-julRefitRefit converted to Armaments Stores Ship on Tyneside until Apr 1955 1956-octDeploymentDeployment Operation Musketeer Supported fleet during Suez operations 1957-mayRefitRefit intensive maintenance period on Tyneside until c Dec 1957 / Jan 1958 1961-jun-29DeploymentDeployment Operation Vantage Ordered to the Persian Gulf to support the British force assembled to dissuade Iraq from invading Kuwait. 1962-may-18RefitRefit refit on Tyneside 1966-aug-27DeploymentDeployment HMD Devonport Navy Days 1966 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1966 1978-aprDecommissionedDecommissioned 1979-oct-29Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped left HMD Rosyth for Barcelona, Spain for scrapping Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event
