RFA Wave Knight A389

Wave class - AO - Support Ship


IMO:	9168594
MMSI:	235491000
Flight Deck:	WK
Call Sign:	GWBU
Shipyard:	BAE Systems (Vickers)

Events

History of RFA Wave Knight A389

1997-mar-12	Ordered	Ordered
1998-may-22	Laid down	Laid down Barrow-in-Furness Yard No 1119. Laid down at Barrow in a joint ceremony with HMS Albion.
2000-sep-29	Launched	Launched
2002-nov	Homeport	Homeport arrived HMNB Devonport
2003-mar	Commissioned	Commissioned to replace the decommissioned RFA Olwen.
2003-sep		departed UK for 9 month APT(N) deployment, returned on 3 Jun 2004.
2005-feb	Deployment	Deployment Caribbean Sea TG326.01 supporting Task Group 326.01 in the Caribbean, with HMS Liverpool as APT(N). Returned to UK 20 Dec 2005
2006-oct-11	Deployment	Deployment Freetown Port Sierra Leone Operation Vela (Green Eagle) in support of Exercise Green Eagle phase of Operation Vela, off Sierra Leone
2007-apr-02	Refit	Refit at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, until Jun 2007
2008-jan-21	Deployment	Deployment Orion 08 departed HMNB Portsmouth in support of a Royal Navy Middle East deployment. Returned to Devonport on 22 Nov.
2010-oct	Refit	Refit at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, Merseyside
2011	Deployment	Deployment Libyan coast Gulf of Sirte Operation Unified Protector supported the contribution to the international forces and the UK Response Force Task Group with fuel
2011-apr	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Devonport for 11 month east of Suez support deployment with 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 embarked, returning to Portland on 16 Mar 2012.
2012-apr-21	Refit	Refit at Cammell Laird, on Merseyside for 3 months.
2013-jan	Deployment	Deployment departed UK for 15 month Atlantic Patrol Task (North) deployment, relieving RFA Argus. The period around Jan 2014 included first time embarking an armed USCG helicopter on a non-US ship. Returned to Portland on 24 Apr 2014.
2013-mar-20	Port Visit	Port Visit Seen at dock in Antigua
2014-sep-02	Deployment	Deployment Gibraltar Harbour Cougar 14 arrived in Gibraltar for Cougar 14 deployment, in company with HMS Bulwark and RFA Lyme Bay.
2015-feb-05	Refit	Refit Cammell Laird refit at Birkenhead, completed by Aug 2015
2016-jun-21	Deployment	Deployment departed Devonport for APT(N) tasking. Joined by 815 NAS Lynx HMA.8 ZF558/336.
2016-oct-07	Deployment	Deployment Hurricane Matthew relief operations arrived off the Bahamas late on 7 Oct to assist in Hurricane Matthew humanitarian relief. Lynx HMA.8 /336 embarked.
2017-feb-01	Port Visit	Port Visit George Town HSB APT(N) visited Grand Cayman for 5 days
2017-jun-30	Deployment	Deployment Fort Saint-Louis Relieved as APT(N) by RFA Mounts Bay at Fort de France
2018	Refit	Refit Cammell Laird Phalanx fitted CIWS Phalanx 20 mm Completed refit in Dec 2018, with Phalanx now fitted to the previously provided mount stations, fore and aft.
2021-may	Deployment	Deployment departed UK for 8 month Caribbean mission with an 815 NAS Wildcat embarked, returned 27 Jan 2022.
2022-mar		HMD Portsmouth Laid up Laid up at Portsmouth and into Extended Readiness.