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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 (1799) was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up in 1811. HMS Argus was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1812, but cancelled that same year. HMS Argus (1813) was an 18-gun Cruizer -class brig-sloop launched in 1813 and sold in 1827. The sale was subsequently cancelled and she ...
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 ...
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