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RFA Argus (A135) RFA. Argus. (A135) RFA Argus off the coast of Devonport in 2007. Requisitioned by Ministry of Defence, May 1982. Returned to owner, November 1982. Argus enters Portsmouth Naval Base on 9 July 2010 with the crew lining the decks. RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary operated by the Ministry of Defence under the Blue ...
The oil rig support ship MV Stena Inspector was purchased in 1983, and became RFA Diligence, while Astronomer and Contender Bezant were retained as RFA Reliant and Argus respectively. The value of STUFT was recognised, and over the next few years STUFT would see active service in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. [183]
HMS Argus (1849) was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849 and broken up in 1881. HMS Argus (1851) was a coastguard vessel launched in 1851, renamed HMS Amelia in 1872, and HMS Fanny in 1889. She was hulked in 1899, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902 and was sold in 1907. HMS Argus was a coastguard vessel launched in 1864 as HMS ...
RFA Engadine (K08) was a helicopter support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1][2][3] The need for Engadine was seen in the mid-1960s as more and more helicopters were deployed from Royal Navy aircraft carriers and surface combatants. The ship was ordered in August 1964, from Henry Robb of Leith, and commissioned in December 1967, replacing ...
Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War. She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles, killing 12 sailors. Atlantic Conveyor sank whilst under tow on 28 May 1982. The wrecksite is designated under the Protection of Military ...
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Atlantic Causeway put into HMNB Devonport and was taken in hand on 6 May. She was converted to be able to carry and operate helicopters. [1] A hangar was fitted to her upper deck, and an improved system for delivering aviation fuel. She sailed from Devonport 07.30 on 12 May carrying eight Sea King HAS.2As of 825 Naval Air Squadron and twenty ...
AIM-9B Sidewinder (A-4Q Skyhawk) Rafael Shafrir 2 (A-4C Skyhawk, IAI Dagger) R.530 (Dassault Mirage III) R.550 Magic (Dassault Mirage III) Air-to-surface missiles. Aérospatiale AM.39 Exocet [9][5] - The Exocet is probably the most famous weapon of the war, sinking two British ships and damaging a third.