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RFA Resource (A480) cruises next to HMS Eagle, during "Operation Peacekeeper" on 24 September 1969.
History
RFA EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameRFA Resource
Ordered24 January 1963
Laid down19 June 1964
Launched11 February 1966
Commissioned6 June 1967
Decommissioned1 May 1997
RenamedResourceful in 1997
Stricken1997
Identification
  • IMO number: 6717423
  • Pennant number: A480
Honours and
awards
Falkland Islands 1982. Kuwait 1991.
FateScrapped at Alang in 1997
General characteristics
Class and typeRegent-class armament stores ship
Displacement22,890 tons full load
Length640 ft 1 in (195.10 m)
Beam77 ft 1.25 in (23.50 m)
Draught26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft
  • 2 × watertube boilers.
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement
  • 125 RFA personnel
  • 44 RNSTS personnel
  • 11 Naval Air dept
Aircraft carried1 × Wessex 5 helicopter
Aviation facilitiesLanding platform capable of landing several different classes of helicopter

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