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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1954 Retainer class armament support ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary}}<br />
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'''RFA ''Retainer'' (A329)''' was an armament support ship of the [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]].<br />
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Built by Scotts of Greenock as Chungking, a cargo/passenger liner for the China Navigation Co. Both ''Chungking'' and her sister vessel ''Changchow'' (later {{ship|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.<ref>{{Cite web|lang=fr|title=Le paquebot Chungking, futur Retainer, affrété par les Messageries Maritimes|url=http://www.messageries-maritimes.org/chungking.htm|website=messageries-maritimes.org}}</ref> <br />
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In 1959, ''Retainer'' was used with the missile trials ship {{HMS|Girdle Ness|A387|6}} for trials of [[replenishment at sea]] with the new [[Seaslug (missile)|Seaslug]] missile.<ref>{{Cite web<br />
|title=Seaslug transfer <br />
|date=1959<br />
|id=Imperial War Museum A 34233<br />
|website=RFA Nostalgia<br />
|url=http://www.rfanostalgia.org/gallery3/index.php/REPLENISHMENT-AT-SEA/RFAs/Retainer-Girdle-Ness<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Retainer}}<br />
[[Category:Ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]<br />
[[Category:Stores ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary]]<br />
[[Category:1950 ships]]<br />
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