RFA Retainer (A329)

Career (United Kingdom)
Laid down: 11 October 1948
Launched: 19 January 1950
Commissioned: July 1954
Decommissioned: April 1978
Fate: Demolished at Barcelona on 29 October 1979
General characteristics
Displacement:14,400 tons full load
Length:477 ft 2 in (145 m)
Beam:62 ft 2 in (19 m)
Draught:25 ft .75 in (8 m)
Propulsion:6-cylinder Scott-Doxford diesel engine
Speed:15 knots
Aircraft carried:Fitted with a small landing platform

RFA Retainer (A329) was an armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.