RFA Retainer
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RFA Retainer
- IMO number
- 5293470
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 145.5 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1950
- Builder
- Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RFA Retainer
RFA Retainer (A329) was an armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Built by Scotts of Greenock as Chungking, a cargo/passenger liner for the China Navigation Co. Both Chungking and her sister vessel Changchow (later RFA Resurgent lost their initial purpose due to the Communist revolution. Chartered for a year and a half to the French Messageries Maritimes, they were purchased by the British Admiralty in 1952. In 1959, Retainer was used with the missile trials ship HMS Girdle Ness for trials of replenishment at sea with the new Seaslug missile.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RFA Retainer now?
- RFA Retainer 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 Retainer?
- RFA Retainer is a ship, built in 1950 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. The vessel is 145.5 m long.
- Has RFA Retainer been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RFA Retainer appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).