Commissioned into RFA on charter from Stena Caribbean Line, London
1983-oct
Fate: transfered
Fate: transfered purchased by MoD for RFA from Stena
1983-nov-12
Refit
RefitGovan rapid refit for RFA at Clyde Dock Engineering over 2 months to include additions to diving support facilities, accommodation, repair workshops, heavy duty cranes and equipment to allow alongside working with other ships, plus communications and storage space upgrades, until 29 Feb 1984.
1984-mar-12
Commissioned
Commissioned Re-commissioned as fully owned RFA vessel
1987-feb-01
Refit
RefitCammell Laird arrived on Merseyside for refit, until mid May
1987-sep-07
Deployment
DeploymentPort Mombasa departed Mombasa to become Arabian Gulf forward deployed support vessel, until 4 Mar 1989
DeploymentJebil Ali assigned to Jebil Ali as base repair ship during Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, until Apr 1991.
1991-apr
Deployment
Deployment departed for South Atlantic for maintenance support. Arrived on station during May and departed for UK during Nov 1992.
1993-may
Deployment
Deployment departed for South Atlantic for maintenance support. Arrived on station during Jun.
1993-jun
Deployment
Deployment operating in the S Atlantic and around the Falkland Islands for 11 month deployment
1994-nov
Deployment
Deployment operating in the S Atlantic and around the Falkland Islands for 6 month deployment, until 28 Apr 1995.
1996-aug-18
Deployment
Deployment operating in the S Atlantic and around the Falkland Islands for 3 month deployment
2003-jan-30
Deployment
DeploymentOperation Telic to support combat, post-combat and reconstruction operations in Iraq, completing 11 Aug 2003.
2003-nov
Refit
Refit until May 2004, refit in Singapore
2004-dec
Deployment
Deployment ordered to east coast of Sri Lanka, with HMS Chatham, to assist in humanitarian operations following the tsunami, triggered by the Banda Aceh (Indonesia) earthquake of 26 Dec 2004.
2006-apr
Refit
Refit maintenance period at Simonstown, South Africa
Refit at Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd (NSSL) in Birkenhead for Major Life Extension work.
2013-jul-08
Deployment
Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for East of Suez support deployment, for in excess of 5 years.
2013-sep
Deployment
DeploymentCougar 13 already stationed east of Suez, RFA Diligence will provide engineering support to the participants in Ex Cougar 13, remaining in the area once it completes. Returned to UK in Nov 2014
2014-aug
UK Govt announced RFA Diligence would be sold
2014-nov
Refit
Refit at Birkenhead by Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Limited
2016
Decommissioned
Decommissioned decommissioned
2024-mar-13
Fate: scrapped
Fate: scrappedHMD Portsmouth towed from Portsmouth for scrapping