1965 to 1999
A122 RFA Olwen
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| 1963-feb-04 | Ordered | Ordered | | | 1963-jul-11 | Laid down | Laid down at Hawthorn Leslie, before it joined the Swan Hunter group. | | | 1964-jul-10 | Launched | Launched as RFA Olynthus | | | 1965-jun-21 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | | 1965-aug | Deployment | Deployment HMD Devonport present at Plymouth Navy Days 1965, as RFA Olynthus | | | 1966 | Aircraft | Aircraft while in support of HMS Victorious 1966/67 Far East deployment, received detached 814 NAS Wessex HAS.1 XM845 / 274-V as Olynthus Flt. | | | 1967-jul-11 | | renamed RFA Olwen | | | 1970-nov | Deployment | Deployment  Bhola Island Operation Burlap to Bay of Bengal to assist in Bhola Cyclone relief efforts | | | 1974-jul | Deployment | Deployment  Akrotiri Bay Partition of Cyprus part of Task Force support to Eastern Mediterranean during Cyprus emergency | | | 1977-jun-25 | Deployment | Deployment Fleet Review: Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen Present at Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, off Bramble anchorage | | | 1977-nov-25 | Deployment | Deployment South Atlantic Operation Journeyman stood back from the Falklands in support of HMS Phoebe and HMS Alacrity. 819 NAS Sea King embarked. | | | 1981-may | Deployment | Deployment accompanied by HMS Glasgow and HM Submarine Superb, shadowed Kirov task group in the northern Atlantic. | | | 1982-jun-17 | Deployment | Deployment South Atlantic departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic, in company with HMS Birmingham, HMS Southampton, HMS Apollo and HMS Bacchante to support patrols of the post-war Falklands TEZ. | | | 1983-nov | Deployment | Deployment  Georgetown Departed UK for Ascension Island with 845 NAS Wessex HU.5 XT455 / YU embarked. | | | 1988-sep-26 | Port Visit | Port Visit  HMAS Kuttabul Fleet Review: Australia Bi-centennial Naval Salute to Sydney for Australian Bi-centennial Fleet Review | | | 1993-jan | Deployment | Deployment Adriatic Sea UNPROFOR operated with 2 Sea King HAS.6 of 820 NAS (including ZG819 / 018), in support of HMS Ark Royal off Bosnia, with RFA Fort Grange, until Jul 1993. | | | 1996 | | IFOR (implementation force) in Adriatic sea | | | 1999 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | | 2001-feb | | Departed Portsmouth Harbour, originally for scrapping in Turkey. | | | 2001-may | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered renamed Kea | | | 2001-jul | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped  Alang at Alang, India | |
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