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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
7 June 1949 |
| Launched: |
31 July 1950 |
| Commissioned: |
July 1957 |
| Decommissioned: |
18 August 1979 |
| Fate: |
Sailed Rosyth in tow for demolition in Spain on 5 May 1981 |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
14400 tons |
| Length: |
477' 02" |
| Beam: |
62' 02" |
| Draught: |
25' 00.75" |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 6 cyl Scott-Doxford diesel |
| Speed: |
15 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Fitted with a small landing platform aft but had no hangar facilities. |
| Motto: |
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RFA Resurgent (A280) was an armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by Scotts of Greenock as Changchow, a cargo/passenger liner for the China Navigation Co. Purchased by the Admiralty and chartered out to British India until 1957 when she was converted to an armament store issuing ship and entered RFA service.
