RFA Agile 

Previous name:
Subsequent name:                                                                          

Class:                                     Confiance

Pennant No:                           A88

Laid down:
Builder:                                    Goole Ship Building Company
Launched:                               2 July 1958
Into Service:                            10 July, 1959
Out of service:
Fate:                                          Sunk as a target 1986

Items of historic interest involving this ship: -

November 1959 based at Portsmouth vice Prosperous

24 November 1959 Captain A W Jewers (Lieutenant RNR) appointed as Master

22 March 1960 arrived at Malta towing Reward

15 August 1960 arrived with tugs Capable and Samsonia at Barrow towing Admiralty Floating Dock No 59 to be used as a fitting out berth for atomic powered submarines.

30 September 1960 arrived at Gibraltar towing C871

23 December 1960 docking and repairs completed at Portsmouth

7 April 1963 sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar. Then to tow MFV 37 to Rosyth

9 November 1963 crew transferred to Reward

1964 refit and reduced to reserve Pembroke Dock

2 October 1964 back into service based at Portsmouth 

26 October 1964 Captain F R Murray appointed as Master

19 October 1965 arrived at Singapore, replaced Encore

25 October 1965 Captain D M Gentle appointed as Master 

April 1967 Captain H J Jones appointed as Master 

May 1967 returned to the UK towing PAS Frosty from Malta to Rosyth then based at Portsmouth

1 November 1971 transferred to PAS Portsmouth vice Capable (1)

1 October 1976 transferred to RMAS at Portsmouth

14 June 1981 based at Gibraltar until 1985 replacing the tug Cyclone

April 1985 paid off at Gibraltar