AO · Support Ship
| MMSI: | 233261000 |
| Flight Deck: | FA |
| Call Sign: | GSEV |
| Shipyard: | Scott Lithgow (Greenock) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Nov 1971 | |
| Dec 9, 1975 | Yard No 738 Greenock |
| Mar 8, 1978 | |
| May 11, 1979 | |
| Jul 12, 1979 | arrived HMNB Devonport, Plymouth |
| Dec 1980 | with RFA Tidepool, supported deployment to Middle East for Armilla Patrol, with HMS Ardent and HMS Apollo. Armilla Patrol |
| Jan 20, 1981 | Strait of Hormuz (SN) Recovered ditched 824 NAS Sea King HAS.2A XV665 by crane, after being towed to the ship by HMS Apollo. Accident |
| Mar 29, 1982 | Departed Gibraltar from exercise for the South Atlantic, initially to support HMS Endurance. Left theatre 7 Jun 1982. Operation Corporate |
| Feb 1983 |  South Atlantic on Atlantic Patrol Task (South) in support of Royal Navy presence, until Dec 1983. Atlantic Patrol Task (South) |
| Jun 1984 |  Georgetown Departed Ascension Island for UK with 845 NAS Wessex HU.5 XT455 / YU embarked |
| Jun 2, 1988 | Rockall visit to Rockall by embarked Sea Kings of 820 NAS |
| Jun 5, 1989 | 826 NAS Sea King XV699 / 134 departed ship for RNAS Culdrose but conducted emergency landing at Pont Henri, nr Llanelli. Accident |
| Jun 7, 1991 | embarked 826 NAS D Flt from RFA Fort Grange, until Aug 1991. |
| Jan 1997 | departed UK in support of Far East deployment, returned end of Aug. Ocean Wave 97 deployment |
| May 2000 |  Freetown Port ordered off Freetown, Sierra Leone to support Operation Palliser. Sierra Leone Operation Palliser |
| Jan 15, 2003 | departed UK for Arabian Gulf in support of 2nd Gulf War operations. Embarked 4 Sea King of 820 NAS. Returned to the Clyde on 29 May 2003. Operation Telic |
| Oct 11, 2006 | Freetown Port in support of Exercise Green Eagle phase of Operation Vela, off Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Operation Vela (Green Eagle) |
| Feb 2007 | support ship for CTF 158 in northern Arabian Gulf |
| Oct 4, 2008 | North Western Approaches participated in bi-annual multi-national exercise off Scottish coast, until 17 Oct Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 |
| Oct 25, 2008 | 3 day visit to Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| Jul 14, 2009 | to HMNB Portsmouth for planned period of extended lay-up. |
| May 27, 2011 | departed HMNB Portsmouth under tow for refit at Cammell Laird Dry Dock No.5, on Merseyside. |
| Dec 2012 | returned to the fleet after 3 years in reserve and a regeneration refit at Birkenhead |
| Jul 2013 | Crombie Jetty equipment fit at Crombie, pre-deployment |
| Aug 2013 | departed UK for Middle East support duties as part of Ex Cougar 13. Relieved RFA Fort Victoria on station on 18 Oct to take over her role with CTF-151. Cougar 13 |
| May 2014 | embarked 857 NAS for Force Protection of the Coalition Task Force operating in the Persian Gulf, until Dec 2014. |
| Nov 7, 2014 | participated in major multi-national Gulf exercise, together with a number of UK warships and MCM vessels. IMCMEX 2014 International Mine Counter Measures Exercise 2014 |
| Dec 2014 | embarked Sea King ASaC.7 from Normandy Flt of 849 NAS (relieving 857 NAS) for Force Protection of the Coalition Task Force operating in the Persian Gulf. |
| Apr 2017 | crossed the Mersey to tie up at Birkenhead |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Birkenhead damaged by fire during refit at Birkenhead. No injuries, but future not looking good. Still present Sep 2020. Accident |
| Mar 31, 2021 | |
| Oct 29, 2021 | sold to Egypt |