RFA Resurgent
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RFA Resurgent
- IMO number
- 5293468
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 145.5 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1951
- Builder
- Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RFA Resurgent
RFA Resurgent (A280) was an armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Built by Scotts of Greenock as Changchow, a cargo/passenger liner for the China Navigation Co. Made redundant by the Communist victory in 1949, Changchow and her sistership Chungking (later RFA Retainer) were chartered to the French « Messageries Maritimes », for the Marseilles-Sydney line, via Panama. Purchased by the Admiralty and chartered out to British India until 1957. In 1956-1957, under the name Resurgent, she was again chartered to the « Messageries Maritimes », making trips to New Caledonia and Australia. After that, she was converted to an armament store issuing ship and entered RFA service. In 1975 she took part in the Joint Services Expedition to Danger Island (JSDI).
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RFA Resurgent now?
- RFA Resurgent has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is RFA Resurgent?
- RFA Resurgent is a ship, built in 1951 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. The vessel is 145.5 m long.
- Has RFA Resurgent been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RFA Resurgent appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).