L · Landing Ship/Platform Dock
| Flight Deck: | GH |
| Call Sign: | GABN |
| Shipyard: | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Sep 1984 | |
| Jul 12, 1985 | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) at Wallsend, Yard No 125. To replace RFA Sir Galahad sunk in South Atlantic |
| Dec 13, 1986 | |
| Nov 25, 1987 | |
| Jan 1997 | departed UK as part of amphibious element of Far East deployment, returned end of Aug. Task Group 327 Ocean Wave 97 deployment |
| Nov 2002 | Dartmouth, Devon |
| Jan 15, 2003 | to support combat, post-combat and reconstruction operations in Iraq, completing 5 Aug 2003. Operation Telic |
| Mar 28, 2003 | 📷 at Umm Qasr, Iraq |
| Jul 2007 | in Portsmouth |
| Jul 2007 | To Brazil as NDCC Garcia DAvila |