1967 Armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RFA Regent (A486) in 1967
History
United Kingdom
Name
RFA Regent
Ordered
24 January 1963
Builder
Harland and Wolff[1]
Yard number
1658[1]
Laid down
4 September 1964
Launched
9 March 1966
Completed
6 June 1967[1]
Commissioned
16 May 1967
Decommissioned
October 1992
Identification
IMO number: 6712112
pennant number A486
Honours and awards
Falklands 1982
Fate
Scrapped, 1993
General characteristics
Displacement
22,890 long tons (23,257 t) full load
Length
195.1 m (640 ft 1 in)
Beam
23.5 m (77 ft 1 in)
Draught
8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
2 × Water-tube boilers
2 × AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
125 RFA + 44 RNSTS + 11 Naval Air Detachment
Aircraft carried
1 × Wessex HU5 helicopter until April 1987
RFA Regent (A486) was an ammunition, explosives and stores supply ship in the 'Royal Fleet Auxiliary'. She was built by Harland and Wolff,[1] commissioned in 1967 and took part in the Falklands War.
^ abcdMcCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780752488615.
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