RFA Diligence (A132)
RFA Diligence was a forward repair ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Launched in 1981 as a support ship for North Sea oil rigs, she was chartered by the British government to support naval activities during the 1982 Falklands War and was later bought outright as a fleet maintenance vessel. She gave assistance to the damaged USS Tripoli and Princeton in the 1991 Gulf War, and to Sri Lanka after the 2005 tsunami. She typically had deployments of 5-8 years in support of the Trafalgar-class submarine on duty east of Suez, with a secondary role as a mothership for British and US minesweepers in the Persian Gulf. Until 2016 Diligence was set to go out of service in 2020. However in August 2016, the UK Ministry of Defence placed an advert for the sale of RFA Diligence. The option for the deliver
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RFA Diligence (A132)
RFA Diligence was a forward repair ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Launched in 1981 as a support ship for North Sea oil rigs, she was chartered by the British government to support naval activities during the 1982 Falklands War and was later bought outright as a fleet maintenance vessel. She gave assistance to the damaged USS Tripoli and Princeton in the 1991 Gulf War, and to Sri Lanka after the 2005 tsunami. She typically had deployments of 5-8 years in support of the Trafalgar-class submarine on duty east of Suez, with a secondary role as a mothership for British and US minesweepers in the Persian Gulf. Until 2016 Diligence was set to go out of service in 2020. However in August 2016, the UK Ministry of Defence placed an advert for the sale of RFA Diligence. The option for the deliver
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1984-03-12
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1,0595e+10
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Awaiting Disposal
Laid up in June 2016
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Ship acquired
October 1983
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Ship aircraft facilities
Helicopter deck up to CH-47 Chinook size
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Ship armament
*2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
*4 × 7.62 mm machine guns
*4 × Mk44 miniguns
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Ship builder
Öresundsvarvet AB, Landskrona, Sweden
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Ship commissioned
1984-03-12
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United Kingdom
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Ship decommissioned
June 2016
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Ship fate
Laid up in June 2016
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*Callsign: GCPC
*Pennant number: A132
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Ship launched
January 1981
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Ship name
RFA Diligence
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Ship nickname
Floating Swiss Army Knife
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* Diesel-electric drive
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* 2 × Kamewa bow thrusters
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Ship sensors
*Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
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Ship status
Awaiting Disposal
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up to 55 personnel
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Floating Swiss Army Knife
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