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RFA Olwen (A122)
RFA Olwen (A122) was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. She was the lead ship of her class, and launched in 1964 as RFA Olynthus, the second ship to bear this name.
She with her two sisters, were initially known as the Olynthus class. Her design was a development of the two later 1961 Tide-class replenishment oilers. She was renamed Olwen in 1967 to avoid confusion with the Oberon-class submarine, HMS Olympus. The class were then redesignated as the Olwen class and later the Ol class.
Olwen had a normal complement consisting 88 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel with provision for 40 Royal Navy personnel and she was armed with two 20 mm guns and two Corvus chaff launchers. She was designed to achieve a speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) with a fully loaded displacement of 36,000 tonnes (35,000 long tons; 40,000 short tons).
The ship had the capability to supply fuel and other liquid cargo to vessels using four pairs of replenishment rigs which were located between the forward and aft superstructures. She was able to carry four types of fuels: Furnace Fuel Oil, Diesel, Avcat and Mogas. Limited supplies of lubricating oils, fresh water and dry stores could also be carried. She could operate Westland Wessex or Westland Sea King helicopters, or other helicopters of similar size, from a hangar and flight deck at the stern.
In August 1965 she took part in the Fleet Review in the Firth of Clyde along with RFA's Black Ranger, Resurgent, Rowanol and Wave Prince and she then deployed to HMNB Devonport and was present at Plymouth Navy Days 1965, as RFA Olynthus.
She received detached Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter of 814 Naval Air Squadron as Olynthus Flight, while in support of HMS Victorious’s 1966/67 Far East deployment. While flying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Frank Twiss KCB, DSC, she replenished the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) River-class destroyer escort, HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), on 20 December 1966, and also participated in a CASEX A17 along with the Royal Navy’s Amphion-class submarine, HMS Andrew (P423/S23/S63) and from RAF Changi, Singapore, a 205 Squadron Avro Shackleton, a maritime patrol aircraft.
In November and December 1970 Olwen was involved in Operation Burlap giving humanitarian assistance to East Pakistan after a cyclone caused extensive damage and flooding.
In the Second Cod War, Olwen supported Royal Navy ships three times off Iceland in 1973: from 24 June until 10 July, between 14 July and 27 July and then from 30 July until 10 August.
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RFA Olwen (A122)
RFA Olwen (A122) was an Ol-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom. She was the lead ship of her class, and launched in 1964 as RFA Olynthus, the second ship to bear this name.
She with her two sisters, were initially known as the Olynthus class. Her design was a development of the two later 1961 Tide-class replenishment oilers. She was renamed Olwen in 1967 to avoid confusion with the Oberon-class submarine, HMS Olympus. The class were then redesignated as the Olwen class and later the Ol class.
Olwen had a normal complement consisting 88 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel with provision for 40 Royal Navy personnel and she was armed with two 20 mm guns and two Corvus chaff launchers. She was designed to achieve a speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) with a fully loaded displacement of 36,000 tonnes (35,000 long tons; 40,000 short tons).
The ship had the capability to supply fuel and other liquid cargo to vessels using four pairs of replenishment rigs which were located between the forward and aft superstructures. She was able to carry four types of fuels: Furnace Fuel Oil, Diesel, Avcat and Mogas. Limited supplies of lubricating oils, fresh water and dry stores could also be carried. She could operate Westland Wessex or Westland Sea King helicopters, or other helicopters of similar size, from a hangar and flight deck at the stern.
In August 1965 she took part in the Fleet Review in the Firth of Clyde along with RFA's Black Ranger, Resurgent, Rowanol and Wave Prince and she then deployed to HMNB Devonport and was present at Plymouth Navy Days 1965, as RFA Olynthus.
She received detached Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter of 814 Naval Air Squadron as Olynthus Flight, while in support of HMS Victorious’s 1966/67 Far East deployment. While flying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Frank Twiss KCB, DSC, she replenished the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) River-class destroyer escort, HMAS Parramatta (DE 46), on 20 December 1966, and also participated in a CASEX A17 along with the Royal Navy’s Amphion-class submarine, HMS Andrew (P423/S23/S63) and from RAF Changi, Singapore, a 205 Squadron Avro Shackleton, a maritime patrol aircraft.
In November and December 1970 Olwen was involved in Operation Burlap giving humanitarian assistance to East Pakistan after a cyclone caused extensive damage and flooding.
In the Second Cod War, Olwen supported Royal Navy ships three times off Iceland in 1973: from 24 June until 10 July, between 14 July and 27 July and then from 30 July until 10 August.
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