RFA Resource (A480)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 24 January 1963 |
| Laid down: | 19 June 1964 |
| Launched: | 11 February 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 May 1997 |
| Fate: | Sailed Devonport 24 June 1997 renamed RESOURCEFUL for the delivery run to Indian breakers and arrived Alang for demolition on 20 August 1997 |
| Struck: | 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 22890 tons full load |
| Length: | 195.1 m |
| Beam: | 23.5 m |
| Draught: | 8.0 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft. 2 x watertube boilers. |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 125 RFA + 44 RNSTS = 11 Naval Air dept |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: 1 x Wessex 5 helicopter with a landing platform capable of landing several different classes of helicopter. | |
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RFA Resource (A480) was an armament stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
The RFA Resource served in the Falklands war. The ship was captained at that time by the late Captain Bruce Seymour.
The RFA Resource was one of the first vessels on the scene to pick up survivors from the HMS Sheffield (having just supplied her).
 The Ship's badge of RFA Resource |
[edit] External links
- Guardian Article mentioning RFA Resource - http://www.guardian.co.uk/falklands/story/0,,657867,00.html
- Images of RFA Resource and a Wessex Helicopter - http://www.john.fotoblog.org.uk/p14552235.html
- Images and information about RFA Resource and sister ship Regent - http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/rfa/pics2.htm
- Hansard entry mentioning final fate of RFA Resource - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030227/text/30227w04.htm
- Falklands day by day from Royal Navy - http://www.navynews.co.uk/falklands/day_april.asp
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