RFA ''Regent'' (A486) was an ammunition, explosives and stores supply ship in the '

Royal Fleet Auxiliary The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported b ...

'. She was built by

Harland and Wolff Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the ...

, commissioned in 1967 and took part in the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territori ...

Service

She helped evacuate British nationals from Cyprus during the Turkish invasion 1974. After taking on stores at Glen Douglas and Plymouth, RFA ''Regent'' sailed from

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymout ...

on 19 April 1982 for Operation Corporate arriving in the

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(TEZ) on 8 May. She was one of the last to return home arriving back on 15 September 1982. She was also deployed for the first

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

in 1991. ''Regent'' was decommissioned in October 1992. She sailed from Devonport on 21 January 1993 under the name ''Shahzadelal'', for the delivery run to the Indian breakers. She arrived at

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for scrapping on 19 February 1993.

References

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