Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1964 | |
| Aug 9, 1965 | Victoria Yard No 500 |
| Sep 16, 1966 | named on 15th but launch delayed by bad weather |
| Sep 16, 1966 | Ship No 500 built at the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb. For more see www.leithshipyards.com |
| Dec 15, 1967 | to replace role of HMS Lofoten |
| 1968 | 2 Wessex Helicopters at Portland Visit to Ireland |
| Jan 1968 | Portland Harbour Portland |
| Jul 2, 1969 | Conducted first-of-type deck landing trials with Sea King HAS.1 XV642, beginning on 2 Jul |
| Jul 26, 1969 | Torbay Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay. Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet |
| Jun 1972 | Rockall to Rockall, to install navigation beacon on the summit, via Sea Kings of 819 NAS |
| Jun 29, 1973 | Hosted first-of-type at-sea deck landings by a Lynx HAS.2 (XX510). |
| Dec 1973 | Assigned Wessex HAS.3 XM871 as /410-EN by Dec 1973 |
| May 3, 1976 | 5.5nm S of Start Point Deck landing accident when undercarriage of Wessex HAS.3 XS119 collapsed on 3 May 1976, while operating with 737 NAS / 665-PO, off Start Point. Returned to Portland to send airframe to Accident Investigation Unit at Lee by road. Accident |
| Jul 1978 | at Royal Albert Dock, London |
| Feb 1979 | From Feb 1979, RFA Engadine was a regular, short term host to a Sea King detachment from 706 Squadron. |
| Dec 8, 1981 | mv Melpol MAYDAY received early morning of 8 Dec 1981 from ship on fire in English Channel. Launched two Sea Kings and proceeded towards incident. Rescue from <em>mv Melpol</em> |
| May 10, 1982 | Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic with 847 Squadron A Flt embarked. Took up station at Port William on 27 Jun. Operation Corporate |
| Jul 5, 1982 |  Port William Embarked 847 NAS Wessex HU.5 XS516 /XD and XT755 /XX and left theatre on 7 Jul, via San Carlos to collect tail-less ex 825 NAS Sea King XV696 /268, arriving HMNB Devonport on 30 Jul. |
| 1983 |  Gibraltar Harbour during latter part of 1983 and into 1984, her flight deck was extended and strengthened at Gibraltar, to provide a 2nd Sea King landing spot |
| Feb 18, 1983 | From 18 Feb 1983 to 22 Jan 1989 almost until she decommissioned, RFA Engadine was a regular, short term host to a Sea King detachment from 810 Squadron. |
| Nov 17, 1986 | Embarked 5x Lynx from 702 NAS to complete sea training for student aircrew (pic) in Bay of Biscay and Gibraltar, completing on 28 Nov 1986. |
| Mar 8, 1988 | Lynx ZD262 |
| Mar 10, 1988 | during night exercise in Portuguese waters, 702 NAS Lynx HAS.3 XZ243/635 ditched. Airframe recovered. Accident |
| Mar 13, 1988 | Sea King XV648 and XV708 training onboard |
| 1989 | |
| Feb 18, 1990 | to Greek owners and arrived in Piraeus |
| May 7, 1996 |  Alang to Alang, India for scrapping Breakers Yard |