RX302048
MV Contender Bezant.... or as she has been known for the last 37 years RFA ARGUS.
One of the longest serving vessels in the RFA / RN she was one of the STUFT fleet used in the South Atlantic in 1982. Two years later she was purchased outright, and converted to an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA Engadine.
Later refits added the ability for the vessel to also operate as a hospital ship.
Currently scheduled to be decommissioned in 2023, she has no direct replacement planned.
Seen here crossing Weymouth Bay on her way to Portland.
RX302048
MV Contender Bezant.... or as she has been known for the last 37 years RFA ARGUS.
One of the longest serving vessels in the RFA / RN she was one of the STUFT fleet used in the South Atlantic in 1982. Two years later she was purchased outright, and converted to an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA Engadine.
Later refits added the ability for the vessel to also operate as a hospital ship.
Currently scheduled to be decommissioned in 2023, she has no direct replacement planned.
Seen here crossing Weymouth Bay on her way to Portland.