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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
24 January 1963 |
| Laid down: |
4 September 1964 |
| Launched: |
9 March 1966 |
| Commissioned: |
16 May 1967 |
| Decommissioned: |
October 1992 |
| Fate: |
Sailed Devonport on 21 January 1993 renamed SHAHZADELAL for delivery run to Indian breakers and arrived Alang for demolition on 19 February 1993 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
22890 tons full load |
| Length: |
195.1 m |
| Beam: |
23.5 m |
| Draught: |
8 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 x AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft; Two water tube boilers; |
| Speed: |
20 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
125 RFA + 44 RNSTS + 11 Naval Air dept |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
1 x Wesex HU5 helicopter until April 1987 |
| Motto: |
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The RFA Regent (A486) was an ammunition, explosives, food, stores ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. It took part in the Falklands War and the first Gulf War.
