RFA Retainer (A329)

History
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.


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