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RFA Regent

1967 Armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Summary

1967 Armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Regent A486 IMO 6712112 S Dover 1967.JPG
image_caption	RFA Regent (A486) in 1967
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg	100x35px	border	RFA Ensign]]
name	RFA Regent
ordered	24 January 1963
builder	Harland & Wolff
yard_number	1658
laid_down	4 September 1964
launched	9 March 1966
completed	6 June 1967
commissioned	16 May 1967
decommissioned	October 1992
identification	*
honours	Falklands 1982
fate	Scrapped, 1993
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
displacement	22890 LT full load
length	195.1 m
beam	23.5 m
draught	8 m
propulsion	*2 × Water-tube boilers
speed	20 kn
complement	125 RFA + 44 RNSTS + 11 Naval Air Detachment
aircraft	1 × Wessex HU5 helicopter until April 1987

pennant number A486
2 × AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft

'*RFA *Regent''''' (A486) was an ammunition, explosives and stores supply ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). She was built by Harland & Wolff, commissioned in 1967 and took part in the Falklands War.

Service

She helped evacuate British nationals from Cyprus during the Turkish invasion 1974.

After taking on stores at Glen Douglas and Plymouth, RFA Regent sailed from Plymouth on 19 April 1982 for Operation Corporate arriving in the Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) on 8 May. She was one of the last to return home arriving back on 15 September 1982. She was also deployed for the first Gulf War in 1991.

Regent was decommissioned in October 1992. She sailed from Devonport on 21 January 1993 under the name Shahzadelal, for the delivery run to the Indian breakers. She arrived at Alang for scrapping on 19 February 1993.

References

(2013). "The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff". The History Press.
"RFA Regent".

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