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| | | | | 1948-oct-11 | Laid down | | | | | 1950-jan-19 | Launched | | as Chungking | | | 1952-dec-19 | | | renamed Retainer, while owned by the Admiralty but operated on a charter basis | | | 1954-jul | Refit | | converted to Armaments Stores Ship on Tyneside until Apr 1955 | | | 1956-oct | Deployment | |  Operation Musketeer Supported fleet during Suez operations | | | 1957-may | Refit | | intensive maintenance period on Tyneside until c Dec 1957 / Jan 1958 | | | 1961-jun-29 | Deployment | | Operation Vantage Ordered to the Persian Gulf to support the British force assembled to dissuade Iraq from invading Kuwait. | | | 1962-may-18 | Refit | | refit on Tyneside | | | 1966-aug-27 | Deployment |  | HMD Devonport Navy Days 1966 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1966 | | | 1978-apr | Decommissioned | | | | | 1979-oct-29 | Fate: scrapped | | left HMD Rosyth for Barcelona, Spain for scrapping | | |
| from Retainer class | | | 166 | crew | | 14400 | full load (tn) | | 145.40 | length (m) | | 18.90 | beam (m) | | 7.60 | draught (m) | | 15 | max speed (knots) | | | | | 1 | Naval Engine diesel | |
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| | Typical | Max | | Landing platform only. No hangar |
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The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard
 Scott Lithgow (Greenock), Greenock
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