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RFA Blue Rover (A270)

Later PT NRP Berrio (A5210)

Support ShipRover class

AO · Support Ship

Flight Deck:BE
Call Sign:GYXS
Shipyard:Hawthorn Leslie

Timeline

DateEvent
Jan 1968 Ordered
Dec 30, 1968 Laid down at Swan Hunter (Hebburn) Yard - ex Hawthorne Leslie. Yard No 8.
Nov 11, 1969 Launched
Jul 15, 1970 Commissioned
Mar 1973 Refit Completion of refit to change unreliable original 16000 shp diesel engines to Crossley-Pielstick units
Apr 16, 1982 Deployment Departed HMNB Portsmouth for South Atlantic as aviation fuel tanker, leaving theatre on 28 Jun 1982. Operation Corporate
Nov 18, 1983 Deployment LB off Lebanon ordered to stand off Beirut in support of HMS Glamorgan and HMS Brazen, for assistance to British forces and civilians in Lebanon. Operation Offcut
Feb 1993 Struck removed from service
Mar 1993 Fate: transfered sold to Portugal as Berrio