---- united kingdom ---- Aircraft Carrier ............ Audacious class Aircraft Carrier ............ Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Colossus class Aircraft Carrier ............ Courageous class Aircraft Carrier ............ Illustrious class Aircraft Carrier ............ Implacable class Aircraft Carrier ............ Improved Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Majestic class Aircraft Carrier ............ Modified Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Nairana class Aircraft Carrier V STOL ............ Invincible class Aircraft Carrier V STOL ............ Queen Elizabeth class Helicopter Carrier ............ Argus class Helicopter Carrier ............ Engadine class Helicopter Carrier ............ Lofoten class Helicopter Carrier ............ Tiger conversion class Cruiser ............ Crown Colony class Cruiser ............ Fiji class Cruiser ............ Tiger class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ County class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 42 (Batch 3) Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 45 Daring class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 82 Bristol class Destroyer ............ Daring class Destroyer ............ Later Battle class Frigate ............ Broad Beam Leander class Frigate ............ Exocet Leander class Frigate ............ Ikara Leander class Frigate ............ Leander (mod) class Frigate ............ Leander class Frigate ............ River (RN Group II) class Frigate ............ Seawolf Leander class Frigate ............ Towed Array Exocet Leander class Frigate ............ Type 12 Rothesay class Frigate ............ Type 15 class Frigate ............ Type 21 Amazon class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 1) Broadsword class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 3) Cornwall class Frigate ............ Type 23 Duke class Frigate ............ Type 26 class Frigate ............ Type 61 Salisbury class Frigate ............ Type 81 Tribal class Corvette ............ Castle class patrol vessel Corvette ............ Modified River class Corvette ............ Port of Spain class Corvette ............ River (Batch 2) class Corvette ............ River class Corvette ............ Triton class Assault Carrier ............ Ocean class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Albion class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Bay class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Fearless class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ LST(3) class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Round Table class Support Ship ............ Abdiel class Support Ship ............ Challenger class Support Ship ............ Early Tide class Support Ship ............ Echo class Support Ship ............ Endurance (1967) Support Ship ............ Fort I class (1978) Support Ship ............ Fort II class (1992) Support Ship ............ Galatea class Support Ship ............ Hecla class Support Ship ............ Improved Tide class Support Ship ............ Ness class Support Ship ............ OL class Support Ship ............ Patricia class Support Ship ............ Point class Support Ship ............ Protector (2011) class Support Ship ............ Protector class Support Ship ............ Regent class Support Ship ............ Retainer class Support Ship ............ Rover class Support Ship ............ RRS Ernest Shackleton Support Ship ............ RRS Sir David Attenborough Support Ship ............ Scott class Support Ship ............ Somersby class Support Ship ............ Tide class Support Ship ............ Triumph class Support Ship ............ Vidal class Support Ship ............ Wave class Icebreakers ............ Polar Circle class ------------- Also used ------------- CA ... Support Ship ........... Canadian Fort class SE ... Support Ship ........... Diligence class RO ... Support Ship ........... MRSO (1) class PL ... Support Ship ........... Reliant class (1983) --More-- ---- Rover class ---- Portuguese Navy ----- A5210 NRP Berrio Royal Fleet Auxiliary ----- A268 RFA Green Rover Royal Fleet Auxiliary ----- A269 RFA Grey Rover Royal Fleet Auxiliary ----- A270 RFA Blue Rover Royal Fleet Auxiliary ----- A271 RFA Gold Rover Royal Fleet Auxiliary ----- A273 RFA Black Rover indonesian navy ----- 903 KRI Arun --More--
1970 to 2009 A269 RFA Grey Rover
---Filter--- Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Struck Fate: scrapped Port Visit Refit Deployment 1968-jan Ordered Ordered 1968-feb-28 Laid down Laid down at Swan Hunter (Hebburn) Yard - ex Hawthorne Leslie. Yard No 7. 1969-apr-17 Launched Launched 1970-apr-10 Commissioned Commissioned 1975-sep Refit Refit diesel Completion of refit to change unreliable original 16000 shp diesel engines to Crossley-Pielstick untis 1977-sep-05 Deployment Deployment Departed HMNB Portsmouth for 7.5 month group deployment (TG 317.6) to Australia and Far East, supporting HMS Tiger and in company with HMS Rhyl , RFA Regent, RFA Tarbatness and RFA Tidepool . Returned 20 Apr 1978. 1983-dec-02 Deployment Deployment Akrotiri Bay Operation Offcut while returning as support tanker from an Armilla Patrol deployment, ordered off Cyprus in readiness to sail to Beirut, if required. 1984-mar Deployment Deployment North Atlantic deployment including hosting a RAS with USS Austin . 1985-aug Deployment Deployment Refueled USS Vreeland in the North Atlantic 1992-apr-18 Deployment Deployment while off the coast of Mauritania, supplied drums of foam to Lynx HAS.2 ZD265 / 338-CT as a team from HMS Campbeltown fought to extinguish a fire on a nearby tanker. 1998-jun-15 Refit Refit until 27 Nov 1998 2001-aug-24 Port Visit Port Visit HMNB Portsmouth International Festival of Sea 2001 Present at IFOS Portsmouth. 2003-jan-30 Deployment Deployment Operation Telic withdrawn from South Atlantic to support combat operations in Iraq, completing 20 Apr 2003. 2003-apr-20 Deployment Deployment departed Persian Gulf in support of HMS Liverpool for Singapore and exercises with the Singapore Navy. Returned to the UK on 7 Aug. 2006-mar-15 Struck Struck taken out of service at Portsmouth 2009-oct-14 Fate: scrapped Fate: scrapped Canada Dock towed to Liverpool for scrap at Leavesley International, following abandoned sale.
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Akrotiri Bay Operation Offcut while returning as support tanker from an Armilla Patrol deployment, ordered off Cyprus in readiness to sail to Beirut, if required.
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