Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1971 | |
| Nov 9, 1973 | Yard No 737 |
| Dec 9, 1976 | as RFA Fort Grange |
| Feb 1978 | 1st RFA ship to be assigned Sea King HAS.1. 706 Sq XV714 as Fort Grange Flt / 343-FG until c Sep 1978. |
| Apr 6, 1978 | |
| Apr 15, 1978 | Devonport, Plymouth |
| Nov 13, 1978 | Sea King XV666 |
| Mar 1981 | deployed on Armilla Patrol with HMS Rothesay, HMS Newcastle and RFA Olna. Armilla Patrol |
| May 14, 1982 | Departed HMNB Devonport (while still named RFA Fort Grange) for South Atlantic with 824 Squadron C Flt embarked (XV697, XV698 and the recently transferred XV672, from 706 NAS). She left theatre on 17 Sep and disembarked the Flight to RNAS Culdrose on 2 Oct before returning on 3 Oct 1982. Operation Corporate |
| Jul 11, 1982 |  South Atlantic accident Sea King XV698 |
| Nov 19, 1982 | South Atlantic Departed HMNB Devonport, embarked 4x 826 NAS Sea King and sailed for South Atlantic arriving 31 Dec. Returned to UK 24 Jun 1983. |
| Apr 13, 1986 | Embarked 3 Sea Kings of recently formed 814 NAS A Flt for initial operations of GLOBAL 86 deployment and in support of the RIMPAC 86 exercise. Dismbarked at end of Jul 1986 in Singapore. GLOBAL 86 |
| Oct 2, 1986 |  HMAS Kuttabul visited Sydney Harbour |
| Mar 10, 1987 | sailed from Plymouth to Northern Norway to support Exercise Cold Winter 87, returned via Spithead. |
| Sep 26, 1988 | HMAS Kuttabul to Sydney for Australian Bi-centennial Fleet Review Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute |
| Apr 18, 1990 | departed Portsmouth for 10 week western North Atlantic deployment supporting TG 318.1, with HMS Ark Royal (flagship), HMS Glasgow, HMS Brave and HMS Cumberland and RFA Olna. Task Group 318.1 |
| Apr 23, 1991 |  off Chittagong In Bay of Bengal for Cyclone relief operations, 826 NAS D Flt embarked. Operation Manna Bangladesh Cyclone relief |
| Jan 1993 | Adriatic Sea operated with 4 Sea King HAS.6 of 820 NAS in support of HMS Ark Royal off Bosnia, with RFA Olwen until Jul 1993. UNPROFOR |
| Aug 1996 | departed from HMNB Portsmouth at end Aug 1996 supporting HMS Invincible and HMS Sheffield for exercises in Mediterranean and Persian Gulf (from Nov) before returning to Portsmouth during Dec. Task Group TG 333.01 |
| Apr 1997 |  Dalmatian coast Off Splyt, Croatia as part of UN SFOR until Jan 2000. SFOR (stabilisation force) |
| May 2000 | renamed from RFA Fort Grange to RFA Fort Rosalie |