Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Astronomer | B463-I-1 | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland | 6/7/1976 | 1/1977 // 29/5/1982 | returned late 1982 |
Displacement standard, t |
27868 BRT, 18570dwt |
Displacement full, t |
~38000 |
Length, m |
204.0 |
Breadth, m |
30.8 |
Draught, m |
9.00 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 Sulzer 10RND90 diesel |
Power, h. p. |
29000 |
Max speed, kts |
20.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 3327 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 17400 |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, helicopters |
Sensors |
radars |
Complement |
Aircraft facilities: Aircraft based on deck.
Year | VSTOL attackers | helicopters |
5/1982 | --- | some |
Ship project history: Former container ship, requisitioned by MoD and used as aircraft support ship. Aircraft was based on deck and all aircraft equipment was stowed in containers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Astronomer was returned to owner late in 1982 but next year, 16/11/1983, she was accepted by RFA service and commissioned as fleet replenishment ship A131 Reliance.
Reliant
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