RFA Fort George (A388)
1993-2011
AO · Support Ship
| IMO: | 8800690 |
| MMSI: | 233105000 |
| Flight Deck: | FO |
| Call Sign: | GCOG |
| Shipyard: | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Dec 18, 1987 | |
| Mar 9, 1989 | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) at Wallsend, Yard No. 129 |
| Mar 1, 1991 | |
| Jul 16, 1993 | |
| Jun 1994 | detachment of 819 NAS Sea Kings embarked until c Aug 1994. |
| Apr 17, 1996 | departed HMNB Devonport for North Atlantic deployment. 845 NAS detachment embarked. Returned 24 Jun. |
| Apr 26, 1996 |  Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal collided with tug assisting its docking at Brunswick, NC. Collision |
| Jan 15, 1997 | departed HMNB Devonport in support of Far East and Australasian deployment with Task Group 327.01, returning to HMNB Portsmouth on 27 Aug. Ocean Wave 97 deployment |
| Jul 15, 1997 |  Fremantle Harbour visited Fremantle for 6 days, departed 21 Jul Ocean Wave 97 deployment |
| Dec 1, 1997 | departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month Mediterranean and Adriatic deployment, returning 31 Mar 1998. |
| 1999 | fitted with Phalanx CIWS CIWS Phalanx 20 mm |
| Aug 20, 1999 | departed HMNB Devonport for planned Mediterranean, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean deployment. Diverted to join Sierra Leone operations in May 2000. |
| Jan 2000 | Mozambique Channel departed UK for Arabian Gulf deployment with a detachment of 820 NAS embarked, but was diverted to Beira peninsula (Mozambique) for flood relief work. Beira Peninsula |
| May 7, 2000 |  Freetown Port detached from Bay of Biscay to support Operation Palliser off Sierra Leone, returning via Canary Islands to Plymouth on 26 Jun. Sierra Leone Operation Palliser |
| May 6, 2001 | refit at Tyneside, until 3 Aug |
| Nov 28, 2001 | departed Devonport for Mediterranean and Indian Ocean deployment, returned 13 Jun 2002 |
| Mar 10, 2003 | arrived at Greenock on the Clyde for c. 6 month refit. Departed 4 Sep. |
| Mar 23, 2006 | departed Portland for exercise off Southern Norway. Embarked 824 NAS detachment following day. Returned to Portland 6 Apr. |
| May 2007 | embarked 820 NAS Merlin HM.1 ZH850/12 and ZH858/14. |
| Jun 2008 | refit at Birkenhead with Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd until c Nov 2008 |
| Jun 9, 2009 | departed HMNB Devonport for 4 month deployment as Atlantic Patrol Tanker (North), 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8SRU ZD261/352 Fort George Flt embarked. Returned to Scotland 23 Oct. |
| Jul 15, 2009 | visit to Montserrat, until 20 Jul |
| Sep 7, 2009 | visit to Trinidad, until 10 Sep. Port of Spain |
| May 2010 | Participated in Joint exercise in Western Atlantic. Returned to Crombie 16 Aug 2010. Exercise Auriga 2010 |
| Jun 23, 2010 |  Bedford Basin visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for 7 days, including the International Fleet Review. Fleet Review Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy |
| Dec 9, 2010 | Final visit to Tyneside before decommissioning. |
| Feb 22, 2011 | departed Plymouth for final time, arrived Liverpool on 23 Apr. |
| Apr 2011 | To decommission as part of the UK Oct 2010 Strategic Defence Review |
| Nov 2012 | sold for scrap. Still present on Merseyside Jan 2013. |
| Jan 16, 2013 |  Aliaga departed Merseyside under tow for Layal breakers yard, Turkey. Arrived 5 Mar. Shipbreakers |