Royal Navy Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and Other Ships
Aviation Training and Primary Care Hospital
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Argus A-135 (1988) LOA 574′ TDISP 28,000 tons. Originally a container ship, then under contract to the Ministry of Defence from 1982, originally as MV Contender Bezant, with service in the Falklands War.
Fleet Replenishment
Fort Rosalie (originally Fort George) Class Fleet Replenishment LOA 603′ TDISP 23,400 tons (2 built 1978, both still active)
RFA Fort Austin A-386 (1979) Laid up at Birkenhead Docks, 2018
Fleet Tankers
Rover Class small fleet tankers LOA 461′ TDISP 11,500 tons (5 built, 2 transferred to other navies, 3 RFA units retired)
RFA Black Rover A-273 (1974-2015)
Forward Repair Ship
RFA Diligence A-132 (1984-2016) LOA 367′ TDISP 10,600 tons. Laid up first at Birkenhead Docks then Portsmouth. Had been a civilian ship requisitioned by the UK Government, based on a oil rig support vessel
Depot, Repair and Maintenance Ships
HMS Rame Head A-134 Beachy Head Class LOA 442′ TDISP 8,500 tons. The last of 21 ships, built in Canada as a modification of the Fort merchant ship design (called “Park” ships if they served the Canadian Merchant Marine, Fort if they served the British) during and immediately after the Second World War. After a long career the ship was laid up in Fareham Creek near Portsmouth, and then scrapped at Galloo shipbreakers, near Ghent, Belgium mid-2009. This was the last known Fort or Park ship in existence. The US Liberty ship design shares the same origin.
