RFA Reliant (A84)

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Career RFA Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 9 September 1953 as SOMERSBY
Commissioned: 11 August 1957 as RFA SOMERSBY
Decommissioned: 7 May 1976
Fate: Renamed RFA RELIANT(2) on 23 September 1958. Arrived Inverkeithing for demolition on 23 August 1977
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement: 13737 tons full load
Length: 468'10"
Beam: 61'06"
Draught: 26'03"
Propulsion: 1 x 6 cyl Doxford diesel. 8250 bhp. One shaft.
Speed: 17 knots
Range:
Complement: 110
Armament: None fitted.
Aircraft: Fitted with a large helicopter cargo landing deck but had no hangar facilities.
Motto:

RFA Reliant (A84) was an air stores support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.