RFA Resurgent (A280)

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RFA Resurgent
Career RFA Ensign
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Commissioned: 1957
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General Characteristics
Displacement: 9357 GRT
Length: 477 ft
Beam: 62 ft
Draught: 25 ft
Propulsion: 6 cyl Scott-Doxford
Speed: 15 knots
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RFA Resurgent (A280) was an armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by Scotts of Greenock as Changchow, a cargo/passenger liner for the China Navigation Co. Purchased by the Admiralty and chartered out to British India until 1957 when she was converted to an armament store issuing ship and entered RFA service.