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Previous name:
Subsequent name:                                                                          

Class:                                    Confiance

Pennant No:                         A89

Laid down:
Builder:                                  A & J Inglis
Launched:                             16 October 1958
Into Service:                          17 June 1959
Out of service:                      1984
Fate:                                       Sunk as a target 1985

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

November 1959 based at Devonport

9 November 1959 Captain J A D Henchley RFA appointed as Master 

1 September 1960 Captain T Winstanley RFA appointed as Master 

16 December 1960 docking and repairs completed at Devonport

19 February 1961 Captain R F Dunkley RFA appointed as Master 

September 1963 sailed to Singapore

January 1964 transferred to PAS Singapore

October 1971 steaming crew for passage

1 November 1971 on passage to UK towing Spaniel plus lighter - suffered engine room fire - returned to Singapore for repairs

January 1972 resumed passage to the UK

2 February 1972 at Gibraltar towing Spaniel

February 1972 transferred to  PAS at Devonport

1 October 1976 transferred to RMAS 

6 July 1983 operating from Portland vice Confiance

December 1984 at Portsmouth on disposal list