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| | |image=RFA Resource (A480) in September 1969 (cropped).jpg | ||
| | |image_caption=RFA ''Resource'' (A480) cruises next to {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}}, during "Operation Peacekeeper" on 24 September 1969. | ||
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| | |country=United Kingdom | ||
| | |flag=[[File:British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg|60px|RFA Ensign]] | ||
| | |name=RFA ''Resource'' | ||
| | |namesake= | ||
| | |ordered=24 January 1963 | ||
| | |builder= | ||
| | |laid_down=19 June 1964 | ||
| | |launched=11 February 1966 | ||
| | |completed= | ||
| | |acquired= | ||
| | |commissioned=6 June 1967 | ||
| | |decommissioned=1 May 1997 | ||
| | |in_service= | ||
| | |out_of_service= | ||
| | |renamed=''Resourceful'' in 1997 | ||
| | |struck=1997 | ||
| | |reinstated= | ||
*[[Pennant number]]: A480 | |identification=*{{IMO Number|6717423}} | ||
| | *[[Pennant number]]: A480 | ||
| | |fate=Scrapped at [[Alang]] in 1997 | ||
| | |notes= | ||
}} | |honours= Falkland Islands 1982. Kuwait 1991. | ||
{{Infobox ship characteristics | }} | ||
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| | |class={{sclass|Regent|armament stores ship|1}} | ||
| | |tonnage= | ||
| | |displacement=22,890 tons full load | ||
| | |length={{convert|640|ft|1|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | ||
| | |beam={{convert|77|ft|1.25|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | ||
*2 × watertube boilers. | |draught={{convert|26|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}} | ||
| | |propulsion=*2 × AEI steam turbines DR geared to a single shaft | ||
| | *2 × watertube boilers. | ||
| | |speed={{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}} | ||
|range= | |||
|complement= | |||
*125 RFA personnel | *125 RFA personnel | ||
*44 [[Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service|RNSTS]] personnel | *44 [[Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service|RNSTS]] personnel | ||
*11 Naval Air dept | *11 Naval Air dept | ||
| | |sensors= | ||
| | |EW= | ||
| | |armament= | ||
| | |armour= | ||
| | |aircraft= | ||
*1 × [[Westland Wessex|Wessex 5 helicopter]] | *1 × [[Westland Wessex|Wessex 5 helicopter]] | ||
| | |aircraft_facilities=Landing platform capable of landing several different classes of helicopter | ||
| | |notes= | ||
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'''RFA ''Resource''''' was an armament stores ship of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] (RFA), the naval [[auxiliary fleet]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. | '''RFA ''Resource''''' was an armament stores ship of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] (RFA), the naval [[auxiliary fleet]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. | ||
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* Guardian Article mentioning RFA Resource - | * Guardian Article mentioning RFA Resource - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/25/falklands.military | ||
* Images of RFA Resource and a Wessex Helicopter - http://www.john.fotoblog.org.uk/p14552235.html{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | * Images of RFA Resource and a Wessex Helicopter - http://www.john.fotoblog.org.uk/p14552235.html{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | ||
* Images and information about RFA Resource and sister ship Regent - https://web.archive.org/web/20061212183624/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/rfa/pics2.htm | * Images and information about RFA Resource and sister ship Regent - https://web.archive.org/web/20061212183624/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/rfa/pics2.htm | ||
Latest revision as of 01:41, 11 December 2025
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Falklands War
Resource served in the Falklands War, captained at that time by Captain Bruce Seymour. She was one of the first vessels on the scene to pick up survivors from HMS Sheffield, having just supplied her.
RFA Resource was one of several RFA munitions replenishment ships certified to store and supply the fleet with munitions, including WE.177A live nuclear weapons. Other ships capable of carrying (stored in deep magazines) or deploying these weapons were Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., they were transferred to various Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships with their specialist magazines. This was initially RFA Regent, and when RFA Resource exited San Carlos, they were transferred to her, and then to RFA Fort Austin. After the end of the conflict they were transported back to Britain aboard RFA Fort Austin and RFA Resource.[1] Inert practice weapons and surveillance weapons without fissionable material were also transported.[2]
Yugoslavia
One of ResourceTemplate:'s last duties before being decommissioned was to serve as a floating munitions storage for UN and IFOR troops in the former Yugoslavia. She spent much of the mid 1990s in Split, Croatia, fulfilling this role.
Decommissioning and scrapping
Resource sailed from Devonport on 24 June 1997, having been renamed Resourceful for the delivery run to the Indian breakers, and arrived at Alang for scrapping on 20 August 1997.
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RFA Resource ship's badge.
Footnotes
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- Guardian Article mentioning RFA Resource - https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/25/falklands.military
- Images of RFA Resource and a Wessex Helicopter - http://www.john.fotoblog.org.uk/p14552235.htmlScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Images and information about RFA Resource and sister ship Regent - https://web.archive.org/web/20061212183624/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Feature/rfa/pics2.htm
- Hansard entry mentioning final fate of RFA Resource - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030227/text/30227w04.htm
- Falklands day by day from Royal Navy - http://www.navynews.co.uk/falklands/day_april.asp Template:Webarchive